Given  in  Memory 
Coral  Windsor  Barnes  (1900-95) 

M.A.'SS,  a  descendant  of 
central  Illinois  pione* 

by  his  son 
regory  A.  Barnes,  M.. 

1LLIN6IS  HISTORICAL  SUR 
University  of  Illinois 
at  Urbana-Champaign 

'• 


. . 


OCTOBER   19,   1865. 


SSJjerens,  The  lato  imposing  ceremonies  incident  to  the  sudden 
death  of  our  much  beloved  and  martyred  President  of  the  United 
States,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  deserve  conspicuous  mention  in  the  annals 
of  fame,  and  should  be  duly  chronicled  and  preserved  in  tangible 
form  for  future  reference  and  for  the  information  of  after  genera- 
tions, although  so  little  needing  aught  to  remind  the  present  sorrow- 
ing citizens  of  every  incident  relating  to  a  nation's  bereavement ; 
and, 

Mjitrtm,  It  is  befitting  that  there  should  be  collated,  in  chronologi- 
cal and  succinct  form,  a  detailed  account  of  the  obsequies,  which 
equal,  if  not  surpass,  aught  that  has  ever  been  seen  of  a  similar  nature 
in  the  world  ;  and  inasmuch  as  the  records  of  our  City  Government 
should  be  complete  in  recording  every  memorable  incident  in  the 
history  of  our  city ;  therefore,  be  it 

Htsolbeb,  That  twenty-five  thousand  copies  of  the  full  and  detailed 
report  of  the  Committee,  having  in  charge  the  obsequies  of  our  late 
lamented  President  of  the  United  States,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  with 
full  descriptions  of  every  matter  of  interest  in  connection  therewith, 
be  printed  and  bound  in  neat  and  appropriate  form,  for  the  use  of  the 
City  Government,  and  for  placing  in  the  public  libraries. 

gtsolbtb,  That  the  report  herein  designated  be  collated,  printed,  and 
bound  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  David  T.  Valentine, 
Esq.,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  May  15, 1865. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  May  22, 1866. 
Board  of  Aldermen,  June  5,  1865,  received  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  with  his 

objections  thereto. 
Board  of  Aldermen,  June  29,  1865.  taken  up  and  adopted    notwithstanding  the 

objections  of  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  having 

voted  therefor. 
Board   of  Councilmen,  October  19,  1865,  taken  up.  and  the  above  action  of  the 

Board  of  Aldermen  concurred  in,  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  having 

voted  therefor ;  therefore    under  the  provisions  of  the  Amended  Charter,  the 

same  became  adopted. 


of   <&tunmitttt. 


The  undersigned,  appointed  the  Special  Committee  on 
the  funeral  obsequies  of  the  late  President,  do  hereby,  in 
pursuance  of  directions  embraced  in  the  resolution,  direct 
David  T.  Valentine,  Esq.,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council, 
to  compile  said  obsequies  as  contemplated  by  said  resolu- 
tion 

JOHN  D.  OTTIWELL. 

LEWIS  R   RTERS, 

JOSEPH  SHANNON, 

W.  H.  QEDNEY, 

B.  W.  VAN  VOORHIS, 

JAMES  HA  FES, 

JOHN  HOUGHTALIN, 

CHARLES  KOSTEB, 

DAVID  FITZGERALD, 

ISAAC  ROBINSON. 
DECEMBEK  30,  1865. 


Committee. 


OF 


brciljain 


IN    THE 


Citg  of  ttcto  Dork, 


f^e  ^uspi«s  of  %  Common  Cmmril. 


By  DAVID  T.  VALENTINE,  Clerk  of  the  Common  Council. 


NEW  YORK: 

EDMUND     JONES     &     Co. 
1866. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1866,  by 
D.    T.     VALENTINE, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 


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nounce  to  sou  ujis  rbcnt,  toujplrlr  as  it  toas  uiiti)  taiolrnce. 
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afflictctr  lantt,  tins  trrraOfttl  itloto  fell  on  iiiiu  on  tuftom  its 
trrstinirs  scemrb  to  OrprnS. 

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action,  in  bicto  of  tin's  atoful  trispcnsation,  to  sisnifn  ilio.or 
sentiments  of  public  respect  anb  grief,  true  alifec  to  iljr  eralteb 
station  antt  fearful  ar.itii  of  tfie  Cbirf  ^Haffistratc  of  tgc 
dnitetr  States,  uiijiri)  noli)  pcrbabc  our  uiijoir  people,  ana  fjnbr 
tfjem  in  unibersal  tristress  anb  miserv. 


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tjjat  ts  trprcsseir  on  tbtrn  countenance ;  tjjat  is  seen  fin  tf)c 
flass,  so  I.iirin  flasgiiig;  triumj)i)amij>  from  a  tgonsantr  staffs, 
noto  trailing  moiirnfulln  at  ij.iK  mnst ;  in  tfjc  Irarft  an&  somfire 
Draperies  noto  flowing;  on  our  public  anlr  pribate  OiiiiBiuQ'., 
anlr  in  tfje  unibersal  aesponirencn  so  bibidln  portranett  6n  tge 
toorUs  anlr  actions  of  tjosc  of  our  citi»rns,  wjo,  6ttt  a?esttr&a», 
torre  erultino;  anlr  fonous  obrr  Kir  fontr  anticipation  of  a  IT 
QrnriMtra  antr . unitett  country,  informs  us,  in  UK  most  unmi', 
tabable  manner,  tijnt  a  trreabful  calamity  jias  fallen  upon  our 
countrsi  tgat  ffiott  Jas,  for 'some  toise  purpose  of  THis  oton, 
anlr  to  remintr  ns,  in  UK  most  forcible  manner,  of  our  total 
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anlr  ft  is,  in  ber»  fcee&,  a  sorrotofttl  Iran  tor  our  country, 
©ur  Cfjtcf  j!«aa;istrate,  rfjosrn  to  presifce  obrr  tfic  irtsttnics 
of  tStrtn  millions  of  people,  bats  ficcn  strttfectr  Sotom  fin  tf)c 
liana  of  an  assassin,  antr  noUi  lies,  an  inanimate  rorpsr,  at  lijr 
Capital  of  tfir  nation  \>t  jjalr  safartt.  atfirafiam  Itnroln,  Iftts* 
i&rnt  of  tiic  Jiuiirti  States,  <>as  iimr.  firm  callrlr,  stititrrnlj? 
antt  uncrprttr&lB,  firforc  tjjc  JuBBmrnt  Seat,  anlr  our  tofjolc 
countrn  is  tallrtr  upon  to  mourn  (jis  loss.  ??;rll  man  llir 
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ereeration  at  tjje  manner  of  fiis  trratf),  anlr  tfic  bile  instrumnit 
tfiat  aetomplisftett  it,  it  is  tje  manifest  j>rt  sorrotoful  Jrutn  of 
Hir  (Tomnion  Council  to  participate.  ?i>r  U>as  fast  fircoming; 
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the  fallen  tors  of  the  HrjjutHic;  his  BrtcrmineB,  unsturrbtno; 
alrfjcrritct  to  to&at  J)C  ronsi!rrrrJr  tje  first  intrrrsts  of  tljc 
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t.iUins  stir  I)  yrrcautions  as  tuotiltr  Ijabc  prrunttrB  Hjr  ornir 
rente  of  stirlj  a  calamitn  as  is  i)is  Or.itii — ij.iB  rnirrarrtr  fj'in 
to  lijr  proplr,  anlr  ijair  Ir&  ilinit  to  rraarB  ijiin  as  one  jir 
tuliarln  fitteB,  if  not  jirrBestineli,  to  sabe  tje  3aepublir  front 
fcismemfierntent,  anB  to  restore  tlje  rountrn  to  tfje  filcsstitgs 
of  a  lasting  peace,  anlr  of  inaugurating  a  future  of  ttnparaU 
leleB  jprosjjerttn  anB  Ij.i^jjiurss;  fie  it,  therefore, 


1»  e  B  o  I  b  r  B  ,  STjat,  in  orBer  to  gibe  erpression  to  tfie 
sorrobj  erperienceB  fij!  tfte  people  of  tfjis  citn  for  fit's  Death. 
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iflrir  jjrirf,  Kir  public  ofttcts  anil  lmilSintj<v  of  :IK 
be  closett  for  iijr  transaction  of  business,  until  iijr  lias  MIC 
ceefcing  the  solemnisation  of  bis  funrral  ritrs  an&  crrrmonirs; 
that  toe  recommenlr  to  our  citijcns,  also,  to  close  their  IT 
specttfoe  places  of  business  for  tftc  same  pcriotr;  tbat  the  flags 
be  fcispIaneJr  on  all  the  public  buil&ings,  anlr  tbc  oujnrr',  or 
occupants  of  pribate  builliings,  anlr  tbe  masters  anlt  oiuncr-v 
of  tbe  sbippins  in  our  harbor,  be  requested  to  Hisplan  tftcir 
flags  at  ftalf=m;ist  burins  tbe  same  periotr;  tbat  tbe  chambers 
of  each  branch  of  the  Common  Council,  antt  the  public  muio 
ttings  anlr  ofltces  be  Brapett  in  mourning  for  a  pcrioB  of  tbirtn 
tra^s;  anU  that  a  5prri.il  Committee  of  flbe  members  from 
each  branch  of  the  Common  Council  be  appointeb  to  perfect 
the  abobe,  anlr  to  mafcc  such  other  arrangements  as  in  their 
fuftgment  man  seem  fitting  antt  appropriate,  to  testifn  their 
sorroto  for  tbe  Beath,  anK  their  respect  for  the  memori?  of 
the  illustrious  trrceaseli. 


)HE  report  of  the  assassination  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  spread  a  mantle 
of  grief  over  the  people  of  New  York,  in  common 
with  those  of  other  parts  of  the  country,  such  as  no 
similar  event  recorded  in  history  has  ever  occa- 
sioned in  a  nation.  Mr.  LINCOLN  had,  in  the  prog- 
ress of  his  administration,  grown  in  the  respect 
and  admiration  of  his  countrymen ;  and  there  was, 
moreover,  felt  toward  him  a  peculiar  sympathy, 
arising  out  of  his  personal  history.  He  was  recog- 
nized as  the  practical  exemplification  of  that  feature 
of  our  institutions  which,  theoretically,  places  all 
classes  of  our  citizens  on  a  political  equality,  and 
opens  the  doors  of  the  highest  places  of  power  and 
trust  *to  the  humblest  amongst  us. 

The  early  life  of  the  President  was  character- 
ized by  incidents  which  have  their  parallel  in  the 
common  walks  of  life  on  our  Western  borders. 
Born  on  the  outskirts  of  civilization,  the  child  of 
a  pioneer,  his  youth  was  passed  in  the  unsettled 


XIV.  INTRODUCTION. 

and  toilsome  habits  incident  to  that  condition; 
his  education  was  limited  to  a  few  months'  school- 
ing, and.  naught  seemed  to  promise  that  he  would 
rise  above  the  sphere  of  life  in  which  his  lot  had 
been  cast.  As  a  boy,  he  labored  on  his  father's 
clearing,  in  the  customary  duties  of  the  farm,  and, 
it  is  said,  was  occasionally  employed  as  a  hired 
hand  on  those  of  neighbors.  In  the  more  advanced 
period  of  his  youth,  and  that  of  his  early  man- 
hood, he  was  engaged  in  still  more  laborious 
occupations. 

At  that  time,  the  Border  States  upon  the  Ohio 
river  were  but  scantily  populated  ;  the  axe  of  the 
settler  was  still  slowly  opening  clearings  in  the 
forest,  and  the  occasional  log  hut  of  the  pioneer 
gave  the  first  token  of  the  advancing  steps  of 
civilization.  The  shores  of  that  river,  since  dotted 
with  thriving  villages,  were  then,  for  the  most  part, 
still  fringed  by  the  forest,  as  in  the  primitive  state 
of  nature.  The  canoe  of  the  savage  had,  till  then, 
almost  monopolized  its  waters,  as  the  wants  of 
commerce  had  not  yet  called  to  their  aid  its  facil- 
ities of  navigation. 

But,  gradually,  the  conveniences  of  trade  opened 
up  the  great  rivers  of  the  West,  as  avenues  of 
traffic,  and  the  merchandise  of  the  North  and 
East  was  floated  down  their  currents,  to  the  sunny 


INTRODUCTION.  XV. 

regions  of  the  Gulf  States.  Thousands  of  miles 
intervened  between  the  Northern  and  Southern 
settlements,  and,  through  this  wild  region,  the  slug- 
gish flatboat,  laden  with  its  bales  and  packages, 
was  urged  along,  by  manual  guidance,  upon  a 
voyage  of  weeks'  duration.  A  new  vocation  was 
afforded  by  these  means,  which  attracted  many 
young  men,  of  that  section  of  country,  to  engage  as 
boat-hands,  and  for  some  years  they  formed  a  class 
whose  habits  became  peculiar,  from  the  wild  and 
unsettled  character  of  the  lives  they  necessarily 
led.  This  state  of  things  existed  during  a  period 
of  about  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  gave  way  at 
the  introduction  of  steamboats  on  the  Western 
rivers. 

A  writer  of  that  period  remarks,  that  it  seemed 
inexplicable  that  there  could  be  men  found,  who, 
for  ordinary  wages,  would  abandon  the  systematic 
but  not  laborious  pursuits  of  agriculture,  to  follow 
a  life  distinguished  by  the  greatest  exposure 
and  privation.  In  ascending  the  river,  it  was  a 
continued  series  of  toil,  rendered  more  irksome  by 
the  snail-like  rate  at  which  they  moved.  The 
boat  was  propelled  by  poles,  against  which  the 
shoulder  was  placed,  and  the  whole  strength  and 
skill  of  the  individual  was  applied  in  this  manner. 
As  the  boatmen  moved  along  the  running-board, 


XVI.  INTRODUCTION. 

with  their  heads  nearly  touching  the  plank  on 
which  they  walked,  the  impression  left  upon  the 
eye  of  the  beholder,  was  that  of  the  extreme  ten- 
sion of  the  powers  of  nature.  Their  bodies,  naked 
to  the  waist,  for  the  purpose  of  moving  with  the 
greater  ease,  and  of  enjoying  the  breeze  of  the 
river,  were  exposed  to  the  burning  rays  of  sum- 
mer and  the  rains  of  aiitumn;  and,  yet,  as  said 
before,  this  mode  of  life  had  its  attractions  suffi- 
ciently alluring  to  the  hardy  and  adventurous 
Western  youth.  In  descending  the  river  with  the 
current,  the  labor  was  not  severe.  Relaxation 
from  the  monotony  of  the  voyage  was  afforded  by 
an  abundance  of  game  in  the  forests,  and,  more- 
over, the  business  was  tolerably  profitable,  in  com- 
parison with  wages  in  other  employments. 

We  are  told  that  the  young  man  who  was  to 
become  President  of  his  nation,  made  several  voy- 
ages as  a  boat-hand,  and  apparently,  not  without 
impressing  some  of  the  peculiarities  of  that  voca- 
tion upon  his  character ;  for,  with  the  thoughtful 
and  somewhat  reticent,  nature  of  Mr.  LINCOLN'S 
mind,  was  always  blended  the  free  and  open  man- 
ners of  the  voyageur.  The  sallies  of  wit  and 
aptness  of  anecdote,  with  which  the  tedium  of  the 
boatman's  life  was  varied,  remained  a  characteristic 
of  Mr.  LINCOLN'S  conversation  in  after  years.  A 


INTRODUCTION.  XV11. 

distinguished  statesman,  and  intimate  friend  of  the 
deceased  President,  has  characterized  his  ideas  as 
running  in  parallels,  and  many  of  the  most  important 
discussions  of  questions  of  State  policy  received 
point  and  illustration  from  the  application  of  an 
apt  anecdote,  drawn  from  the  stores  of  a  memory 
which  seemed  fully  supplied  with  them. 

When  Mr.  LINCOLN  returned  from  his  last  boat- 
ing expedition  down  the  Mississippi,  to  his  father's 
.home,  which  was  then  in  Illinois,  he  had  attained 
the  age  of  manhood ;  his  youthful  strength,  hard- 
ened by  the  laborious  occupations  in  which  he  had 
been  engaged,  made  him  the  superior  of  most  of  his 
associates  in  feats  of  agility.  lie  was  very  tall, 
of  an  ungainly  figure,  and  a  face  the  reverse  of 
handsome  ;  and  thus  qualified,  he  cast  about  in  the 
neighborhood  of  his  home,  for  the  means  of  living. 

The  lands  in  that  section  of  country  had  been, 
not  long  before,  purchased  from  the  Indians,  and 
many  of  the  latter  still  remained  in  the  vicinity, 
reluctant  to  remove  from  the  home  of  their  fathers, 
and  their  prolific  hunting-grounds.  The  rolling 
prairies  of  that  region  are  among  the  most  favored 
parts  of  the  earth,  in  point  of  natural  fertility ; 
and,  at  that  time,  hundreds  of  miles  might  be  trav- 
ersed, and  still  the  unbroken  vista  of  the  iindula- 
ting  and  treeless  waste  of  herbage,  spread  out 


.  «* 

• 


XV111. 


INTRODUCTION. 


before  the  satiated  eye  of  the  traveler.  The  course 
of  events  had,  just  then,  turned  the  current  of  the 
history  of  this  part  of  our  country,  and  it  Avas 
plain  to  see  that  the  time  had  arrived  when  the 
surveyor  would  soon  be  called  upon  to  stake  out 
this  inviting  region,  with  proper  boundaries  for 
the  occupancy  of  the  settler,  and  to  this  vocation 
the  eye  of  Mr.  LINCOLN  seems  to  have  been  directed. 

The  Indians  of  the  Far  West  saw,  with  prophetic 
eye,  the  impending  destiny  of  their  race.  Those  of 
Illinois  were  counseled  not  to  conform  to  the  treaty 
requiring  them  to  remove ;  a  general  combination 
of  the  native  tribes  was  sought  to  be  arranged, 
for  staying  the  advance  of  the  white  population, 
and  a  border  "war  resulted,  which  is  commonly 
known  in  our  history,  from  the  name  of  the  prin- 
cipal Indian  warrior,  as  the  Black  Hawk  war.  In 
this,  Mr.  LINCOLN  took  part;  enlisted  as  a 
volunteer  private,  and  was  chosen  Captain,  which 
was  certainly  a  high  compliment  to  a  youth  of 
twenty-three  years.  He  served  through  the  war 
in  a  creditable  manner,  though  not  having  been 
brought  into  actual  collision  with  the  enemy. 

After  this  episode  in  his  history,  Mr.  LINCOLN  en- 
gaged in  various  occupations,  of  a  desultory  char- 
acter. He  so  far  overcame  the  difficulties  presented 
by  his  deficient  education  as  to  accomplish  him- 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX. 

self  in  the  abstrusities  of  surveying,  and  followed 
that  vocation  for  a  time,  but  not  with  the  remu- 
nerative success  that  he  had  apparently  anticipated. 
He  was  clerk  in  a  country  store  for  a  time ;  and, 
afterwards,  attempted  to  carry  on  business,  in  the 
same  line,  on  his  own  account,  and  was  unsuccess- 
ful. In  these,  and  kindred  occupations,  two  or 
three  years  of  his  life  were  passed,  leaving  him,  at 
their  close,  in  no  better  condition,  in  a  pecuniary 
point  of  view,  than  at  their  beginning.  He  had, 
however,  laid  up  a  mine  of  wealth  in  that  inter- 
vening period,  in  the  improvement  of  his  education, 
to  which,  it  is  said,  he  devoted  all  his  spare  time. 
His  genial  humor,  which  attracted  friends,  was  not 
alloyed  with  dissipated  habits,  while  a  natural 
sedateness  of  temperament,  and  the  evidences  of  a 
mind  above  the  common  caste,  secured  to  him  the 
respect  of  those  of  mature  judgment.  His  per- 
sonal popularity,  at  this  early  period  of  his  life  is 
shown  by  the  result  of  his  first  political  canvass, 
as  a  candidate  for  the  Legislature,  in  which  he 
received,  in  his  own  precinct,  277  votes  out  of  284, 
though  the  respective  political  parties  were  not 
greatly  disproportioned. 

Mr.  LINCOLN  seems  to  have  taken  to  politics 
rather  as  a  means  than  an  end.  His  ambition  was, 
apparently,  less  directed  toward  the  distinctions 


XX. 


INTRODUCTION. 


of  public  life,  than  toward  the  object  of  establish- 
ing himself  in  some  settled  business  pursuit, 
adapted  to  his  tastes  and  abilities ;  and  he  is  found 
to  have  assiduously  devoted  his  leisure  hours,  while 
a  member  of  the  Legislature,  to  the  acquisition  of 
a  knowledge  of  the  law.  Encouraged  and  assisted 
by  others,  who  appreciated  his  capacity,  and 
admired  his  well-directed  ambition,  he  was  success- 
ful in  gaining  admission  to  the  bar  at  the  age  of 
twenty-seven,  and  subsequently  devoted  himself 
to  his  profession,  with  such  success  as  soon  placed 
him  among  the  leading  lawyers  in  the  circuit 
of  his  practice.  His  worldly  circumstances  ad- 
vanced in  prosperity,  and,  as  well  in  social  as  in 
professional  life,  he  attained  a  position  of  honor 
and  distinction  in  the  community  in  which  he 
lived. 

These  outlines  of  Mr.  LINCOLN'S  early  career  are 
chosen  from  the  incidents  of  his  history,  with  the 
view  to  illustrate  that  phase  of  the  popular  sym- 
pathy toward  him,  which  was  common  to  all 
classes  of  our  citizens,  and  was  not  affected  by 
political  opinions.  More  than  any  other  individual 
who  had,  before  his  administration,  attained  the 
elevated  place  of  Chief  of  the  Nation,  he  was  the 
architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  and  had  raised  him- 
self above  the  obstacles  of  adverse  circumstances, 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI. 

in  a  manner  which  might  serve  as  a  bright  example 
to  the  poor  and  lowly  of  our  people. 

Without  following,  in  detail,  the  great  events 
which  marked  his  administrative  term  as  President, 
and  which  involve  the  considerations  of  questions  of 
State  policy,  not  pertinent  to  the  object  of  this  in- 
troduction, it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  remark 
upon  the  personal  temperament  with  which  Mr. 
LINCOLN  encountered  the  exciting  and  extraordi- 
nary circumstances  attending  his  high  position. 
The  same  single-minded  disposition,  and  homely 
manner,  which  had  been  his  characteristic  in  early 
life,  attended  him  throughout  his  career;  at  all 
times  humble  in  the  estimate  of  his  own  abilities, 
he  had,  nevertheless,  the  innate  consciousness  of  his 
equality  in  the  fraternity  of  men,  which  sus- 
tains the  dignity  and  self-respect  of  its  possessor, 
under  all  circumstances.  Gradually  becoming 
familiarized  with  great  affairs  and  distinguished 
personages ;  obliged,  from  his  position,  to  assume 
the  helm  of  State,  and  stand  out  before  the  world 
as  the  leading  man  in  the  greatest  events  that  had 
marked  the  world's  history,  in  modern  times,  it 
might  well  be  supposed  that  some  evidence  of  the 
elevation  of  his  self-esteem,  would  be  perceptible 
in  his  deportment.  But  no  unfavorable  critic  has 
suggested  that  Mr.  LINCOLN'S  pride  grew  with  his 


XX11.  INTRODUCTION. 

fortune.  Nor  had  the  trying  and  exciting  events 
of  a  war,  prosecuted  on  both  sides  with  an  intensity 
of  feeling  which  may  be  said  to  have  exhausted 
the  passions  implanted  in  the  human  breast,  affect- 
ed his  persistent  benevolence  and  charity  toward 
the  foe  he  had  so  greatly  contributed  to  conquer. 

It  was  at  the  moment  of  his  highest  eleva- 
tion in  power,  in  the  affections  of  his  people, 
and  in  the  admiration  and  respect  of  other  nations, 
that  he  was  struck  down  by  the  hand  of  the 
assassin. 

The  public  solemnities  and  evidences  of  mourn- 
ing on  the  occasion,  were  of  a  character  never 
before  witnessed  in  this  country,  if  indeed  they 
have  been  equaled  in  any  other.  In  the  city  of 
New  York,  measures  were  at  once  taken,  on  the 
part  of  the  authorities,  as  well  as  by  the  citizens, 
to  join  in  the  common  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
the  deceased  President,  in  a  manner  befitting  the 
first  city  of  the  nation,  and  the  following  pages 
detailing  the  various  proceedings  attending  the 
period  of  mourning,  and  the  funeral  obsequies, 
have  been  compiled  in  compliance  with  a  resolu- 
tion, a  copy  of  which  precedes  this  introduction. 

D.  T.  VALENTINE, 
Clerk  of  Common  Council. 


The  dispatch  of  the  Secretary-of-War,  dated  at 
half-past  one  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  April  15, 
announcing  the  assassination  of  the  President,  and 
a  subsequent  dispatch  announcing  the  fatal  result, 
were  published  to  the  citizens  of  New  York  on 
the  morning  of  the  15th  of  April.  Ordinary 
business  avocations  were  at  once  suspended,  and 
evidences  of  the  effect  on  the  public  mind  were 
universally  manifested.  Assemblages  of  citizens 
were  organized  in  different  public  places,  in  the 
course  of  the  morning,  at  which  proceedings  were 
had  expressive  of  the  profound  sorrow  of  the  com- 
munity. The  places  of  amusement  throughout 
the  city  were  directed,  by  the  Police  authorities, 
to  be  closed,  and  the  following  proclamation  of 
the  Mayor  was  issued  to  the  citizens : 

MAYOR'S  OFFICE,  ) 

NEW  YORK,  April  15,  1865.    ^ 
Citizens  of  New  York  : 

The  death  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  may  well 
excite  your  profound  grief  and  amazement. 

I  respectfully  recommend  that  business  be  suspended, 
and  that  a  public  mourning  for  the  departed  Chief  Magis- 
trate be  observed  throughout  the  city. 

C.  GODFREY  GUNTHER, 

Mayor. 

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The  two  Boards  composing  the  Common  Coun- 
cil of  the  city,  and  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
the  county,  were  convened  in  the  afternoon  of  the 
same  day,  and  the  following  proceedings  were 
had  in  the  respective  bodies. 


SPECIAL    SESSION. 


ut  &U«tme«,  &P«iI   is,    ises 


The  Board  met,  pursuant  to  the  following  call  : 

NEW  YORK,  April  15,  1865. 
DAVID  T.  VALENTINE,  Esq., 

Cleric  Common  Council. 

The  undersigned,  members  of  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen, request  you  to  call  a  special  meeting  of 
this  Board,  this  day,  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M.,  for  the 
purpose  of  taking  such  action  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  in  regard  to  the  murderous  assassination 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  which 
occurred  last  evening. 

GEORGE  A.  JEREMIAH,  10th  District. 

LEWIS  R.  RYERS,  9th 

B.  W.  VAN  VOORHIS,  17th 

WILLIAM  H.  GEDNEY,  7th 
MORGAN  JONES,  3d 

BERNARD  KELLY,  12th        " 

JOHN  D.  OTTIWELL,  14th 

JOHN  BRICE,  13th        " 

TERENCE  FARLEY,  IGth 

PETER  MCKNIGHT,         8th 

JAMES  O'BRIEN,  15th 

IGNATIUS  FLYNN,  5th        " 

JOHN  MOORE,  1st 
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PRESENT : 
MORGAN  JONES,  Esq.,  President,  in  the  Chair. 


ALDEKMEN. 


JOHN  MOORE. 
IGNATIUS  FLYNN. 
JOSEPH  SHANNON. 
WILLIAM  H.  GEDNEY. 
PETEB  MCKNIGHT. 
LEWIS  R.  RTEBS. 
GEORGE  A.  JEREMIAH. 


ALDERMEN. 


JOHN  BRICE. 
BERNARD  KELLY 
PETER  MASTERSON. 
JOHN  D.  OTTIWELL. 
JAMES  O'BRIEN. 
TERENCE  FARLEY. 
B.  W.  VAN  VOORHIS. 


from  pis  POM;**  the 
The  following  communication  was  received  from 
his  Honor  the  Mayor,  announcing  the  death  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the  United  States  : 

MAYOR'S  OFFICE,  ) 

NEW  YORK,  April  15,  1865.  ) 

To  the  Honorable  the  Common  Council: 

GENTLEMEN — Abraham  Lincoln,  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  is  dead  "With  inexpressible  horror  I 
announce  to  you  this  event,  coupled  as  it  was,  with  violence. 
Just  at  the  moment  when  peace  began  its  dawn  over  an 
afflicted  land,  this  dreadful  blow  fell  on  him  on  whom  its 
destinies  seemed  to  depend. 

Your  Honorable  Body,  I  am  sure,  will  take  appropriate 
action,  in  view  of  this  awful  dispensation,  to  signify  those 
sentiments  of  public  respect  and  grief,  due  alike  to  the 
exalted  station  and  fearful  death  of  the  Chief  Magistrate  of 
the  United  States,  which  now  pervade  our  whole  people 
and  have  plunged  them  in  universal  distress  and  misery. 

C.   GODFREY  GUNTHER, 

Mayor. 

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-solutions. 


ALDERMAN  OTTHVELL,  before  presenting  the 
following  preamble  and  resolution,  addressed  the 
Board  as  follows  : 

MR.  PRESIDENT  —  The  solemn  event  that  has 
caused  us  to  meet  here  to-day  is  a  national  calamity 
that  needs  no  words  of  mine  to  portray  or  to 
deplore.  It  casts  a  deep  shadow  over  all  hearts. 
and  we  can,  in  this  hour  of  gloom,  only  pay  our 
tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  our  departed 
President.  I,  therefore,  offer  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  : 


0,  The  deep  gloom  now  pervading  the  people  of 
this  city  ;  the  external  manifestation  of  sorrow  and  grief 
that  is  expressed  on  every  countenance  ;  that  is  seen  by  the 
flags,  so  lately  flashing  triumphantly  from  a  thousand  staffs, 
now  trailing  mournfully  at  half-mast  ;  in  the  dark  and  som- 
bre draperies  now  flowing  on  our  public  and  private  build- 
ings, and  in  the  universal  despondency  so  vividly  portrayed 
by  the  words  and  actions  of  those  of  our  citizens,  who,  but 
yesterday,  were  exulting  and  joyous  over  the  fond  anticipa- 
tion of  a  regenerated  and  united  country,  informs  us,  in  the 
most  unmistakable  manner,  that  a  dreadful  calamity  has 
fallen  upon  our  country  ;  that  God  has  for  some  wise  purpose 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


of  His  own,  and  to  remind  us,  in  the  most  forcible  manner, 
of  our  total  dependence  upon  Him,  dashed  the  cup  of  glad- 
ness from  our  lips,  and  has  substituted  for  it  one  of  the 
bitterest  sorrow;  and  it  is,  in  very  deed,  a  sorrowful  day 
for  our  country.  Our  Chief  Magistrate,  chosen  to  preside  over 
the  destinies  of  thirty  millions  of  people,  has  been  stricken 
down  by  the  hand  of  an  assassin,  and  now  lies,  an  inanimate 
corpse,  at  the  Capitol  of  the  nation  he  had  saved.  Abraham 
Lincoln,  President  of  the  United  States,  has  thus  been  called, 
suddenly  and  unexpectedly,  before  the  Judgment  Seat,  and 
our  whole  country  is  called  upon  to  mourn  his  loss.  Well 
may  the  people  mourn.  His  loss  to  them  is  irreparable  ;  and 

WhwaS!,  In  the  universal  sorrow  for  the  death  of  the 
great  and  good  man — the  savior  of  the  Republic — and  of 
execration  at  the  manner  of  his  death,  and  the  vile  instru- 
ment that  accomplished  it,  it  is  the  manifest  yet  sorrowful 
duty  of  the  Common  Council  to  participate.  He  was  fast 
becoming  the  idol  of  our  people,  including  those  who  at  the 
commencement  of  his  career,  doubted  the  wisdom  and  integ- 
rity of  his  motives.  His  moderation  in  the  hour  of  triumph 
over  the  enemies  of  his  country ;  his  generosity  and  mag- 
nanimity to  the  fallen  foes  of  the  Republic ;  his  determined, 
unswerving  adherence  to  what  he  considered  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  nation  ;  his  earnestness  of  purpose,  and  yet  true 
republican  kindness  and  affability  of  character  and  simpli- 
city of  manner — a  simplicity  that  cost  him  his  life,  as  it 
induced  him  to  avoid  taking  such  precautions  as  would  have 
prevented  the  occurrence  of  such  a  calamity  as  is  his  death — 
had  endeared  him  to  the  people,  and  had  led  them  to  regard 
him  as  one  peculiarly  fitted,  if  not  predestined,  to  save  the 
Republic  from  dismemberment,  and  to  restore  the  country  to 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


the  blessings  of  a  lasting  peace,  and  of  inaugurating  a  future 
of  unparalleled  prosperity  and  happiness ;  be  it,  therefore, 
\t  r.o'olvnl,  That,  in  order  to  give  expression  to  the  sorrow 
experienced  by  the  people  of  this  city  for  his  death,  and  in 
order  to  afford  them  an  opportunity  of  manifesting  their 
grief,  the  public  buildings  and  offices  of  the  Corporation  be 
closed  for  the  transaction  of  business,  until  the  day  succeed- 
in  sr  the  solemnization  of  his  funeral  rites  and  ceremonies; 

O  ' 

that  we  recommend  to  our  citizens,  also,  to  close  their 
respective  places  of  business  for  the  same  period ;  that  the 
flags  be  displayed  on  all  the  public  buildings,  and  the  own- 
ers or  occupants  of  private  buildings,  and  the  masters  and 
owners  of  the  shipping  in  our  harbor  be  requested  to  dis- 
play their  flags  at  half-mast  during  the  same  period ;  that 
the  chambers  of  each  branch  of  the  Common  Council,  and 
the  public  buildings  and  offices  be  draped  in  mourning  for 
a  period  of  thirty  days ;  and  that  a  Special  Committee  of 
five  members  from  each  branch  of  the  Common  Council  be 
appointed  to  perfect  the  above,  and  to  make  such  other 
arrangements  as  in  their  judgment  may  seem  fitting  and 
appropriate,  to  testify  their  sorrow  for  the  death,  and  their 
respect  for  the  memory  of  the  illustrious  deceased. 

The  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted. 

And  the  President  announced  as  the  Special 
Committee : 

Aldermen  JOHN  D.  OTTIWELL, 
GEORGE  JEREMIAH, 
B.  W.  VAN  VOORHIS, 
JOSEPH  SHANNON,  and 
WILLIAM  H.  GEDNEY. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


tlelimrrt  in  the  V-oavrt  of  'AhUvmen. 
ALDERMAN  JEREMIAH — Mr.  Chairman,  were  the 
occasion  which  has  called  us  this  day  together  one 
of  ordinary  calamity,  then  might  we,  in  company 
with  the  friends  of  the  deceased,  range  ourselves 
beneath  the  rustling  branches  of  the  weeping-wil- 
low, and  with  them  shed  the  unavailing  tear ;  but, 
alas !  the  breath  of  the  morning,  in  relating  to  us 
the  sad  story  of  the  assassination  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  portrays  a  scene,  the  details 
of  which  are  so  overburdened  with  horror  as  to 
leave  it  altogether  beyond  the  power  of  language 
to  give  an  expression  at  all  commensurate  with  the 
agonized  throbbings  of  the  great  heart  of  the  Amer- 
ican people.  But  yesterday  the  genius  of  Republican 
Liberty,  as  embodied  in  Young  America,  being 
divested  of  most  of  her  trials  and  difficulties  (armed 
at  all  points — bold,  defiant,  and  resolute),  was 
already,  with  steady  and  unfaltering  step,  com- 
mencing again  to  tread  the  path  of  Empire,  and 
the  despotisms  of  other  lands  were  watching  the 
arrival  of  the  periodical  ocean  steamers  for  intelli- 
gence, with  an  eagerness,  the  intensity  of  which 
proved  too  clearly  that  already  they  scented  danger 
in  the  air,  when,  in  an  unexpected  moment,  the  assas- 
sin plies  his  hellish  trade,  and  what  was  the  Chief 
Magistrate  of  a  great  country  is  now  a  lifeless  corpse. 


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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Physically,  his  race  is  run.  He  has  fulfilled  his 
destiny.  His  acts,  and  the  scenes  through  which 
he  has  passed,  are  already  history ;  butr  in  aiming 
at  the  representative  of  a  living  principle,  the 
assassin  struck  at  constitutional  liberty,  and  thirty 
millions  of  people  are  to-day  reeling  and  stagger- 
ing under  the  severity  of  the  blow ;  and,  in  this 
connection,  I  would,  as  far  as  my  feeble  voice  can 
reach,  urge  upon  all  our  people  the  propriety  (in 
the  way  best  known  to  themselves),  of  their  ap- 
proaching the  Great  Deity,  with  the  humble  prayer, 
that  the  great  calamity  be  not  to  our  country 
a  mortal  wound.  Who  can  rend  the  vail  to  show 
us,  from  this  stand-point,  the  future  of  America. 
We  are  surrounded,  as  a  people,  by  impenetrable 
darkness.  A  new,  and  as  yet  untried  hand,  has 
now  the  guidance  of  the  great  Ship  of  State.  Will 
he  keep  her  running  in  the  channel-way  which  has 
already  given  such  bright  promise  of  a  peaceful  and 
happy  future,  or  shall  we  in  a  few  short  weeks  be 
.again  pounding  upon  the  rocks  and  shoals  of  a  re- 
inaugurated  rebellion  ?  Let  us  hope,  rather,  that 
the  period  of  doubt  and  uncertainty  through  which 
we  are  now  passing  is,  to  the  American  Republic 
that  darkest  time  of  night  which  ever  precedes  the 
dawn  of  the  coming  day. 

ALDERMAN  RYERS — Mr.  President,  I  cannot,  not- 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


withstanding  the  very  eloquent  tribute  which  my 
colleague,  Alderman  Jeremiah,  has  paid  to  the 
sad  event  that  has  convened  us  together,  let  the 
occasion  pass  without  giving  some  feeble  expres- 
sion to  my  own  feelings  and  sympathies  at  this 
time.  Mr.  President,  I  doubt  much  if,  in  the  past 
history  of  nations,  there  ever  was  an  event  that 
compares  with  this  in  its  deep  and  terrible  sug- 
gestiveness,  its  mighty  possibilities  for  evil,  its  sad 
realities.  But  yesterday,  a  nation  rejoiced,  after 
four  years  of  trial,  of  sorrow,  of  sacrifice  and 
affliction,  during  which  time  the  hearts  of  our 
people  became  almost  sick  with  a  hope  deferred ; 
when,  after  the  national  heart  drooped  with  a  des- 
pondency that  seems  almost  the  expression  of  des- 
pair, and  as  each  day's  sad  results,  inaugurated  by 
this  fiendish,  damning  spirit  that  has  culminated 
in  the  assassination  of  our  beloved  and  respected 
Chief  Magistrate,  swept  over  us,  the  bright  sun  of 
a  sacred  joy  shone  upon  victories  that  told  us  the 
nation  lived,  and  our  travail  of  sorrow  was  past. 
But  yesterday  our  hearts  were  filled  with  joy  and 
thanksgiving,  our  lips  jubilant  with  praise  and 
hallelujahs;  to-day  we  are  bowed  down  by  an 
unutterable  sorrow,  our  hearts  are  crushed  with  an 
affliction  beyond  our  power  to  express,  and  in  the 

very  ashes  of  a  deep  humiliation,  we  bow  ourselves 

a 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


to  the  earth.  But  yesterday,  the  nation  came  forth, 
decked  in  flowers  and  dressed  in  her  bridal  robes, 
to  be  united  at  the  altar  of  our  country  with  the 
loved  and  long-sought  spirit  of  peace ;  to-day,  on 
that  altar,  has  been  offered  the  bloody  sacrifice, 
instead  of  the  holy  sacrament.  It  is,  indeed,  true, 
Mr.  President,  that  it  has  been  truly  said  of  Him 
"who  rideth  upon  the  whirlwind  and  the  storm," 
that  "  clouds  and  darkness  are  around  and  about 
Him,"  and  that  "  He  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 
His  wonders  to  perform."  And  in  this  instance, 
we  can  most  truly  realize  that  it  is  so.  In  that 
realization,  let  us  learn  the  lesson  of  the  hour. 
Let  us  remember  that,  no  matter  how  pure  we 
may  feel  ourselves  to  be  as  a  nation,  no  matter  how 
grand  were  the  blessings  that  He  showered  upon 
us  in  our  recent  wonderful  victories,  thereby 
exalting  us  in  our  own  opinion,  and  to  our  finite 
minds  saying,  "  Well  done,  thou  good  and  faithful 
servant,"  yet  that  He  judges  our  acts  in  the  light 
of  His  countenance ;  our  iniquities  by  the  rule  of 
His  infinite  will  and  wisdom.  Then  let  the  nation, 
in  its  SOITOW,  examine  and  purge  itself  of  its  secret 
sins,  and  while  passing  through  this  terrible 
ordeal,  let  it  also  remember  that  "  God  is  always 
just,"  and  wait  with  fervent  hope  His  direction 
and  judgment. 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


The  PRESIDENT,  Morgan  Jones,  Esq.,  (Alderman 
Brice  being  in  the  Chair) — Mr.  President,  it  is 
difficult  to  express  the  feelings  of  sorrow  we  feel 
at  the  great  loss  the  nation  has  sustained.  It  has 
been  well  said  here,  that  the  blow  of  the  assassin, 
which  causes  the  sorrow  we  feel,  was  aimed  not 
only  at  the  breast  of  President  Lincoln,  but  at  the 
American  nation.  It  brings  us  a  gloom  that  has 
dispelled  the  light  which  was  gladdening  our 
hearts,  and  puts  a  vail  before  the  future,  that, 
yesterday,  we  saw  opened  before  us,  apparently 
bringing  e\7erything  of  good  to  the  nation.  Now, 
how  changed  !  There  is  nothing  but  darkness.  A 
great  nation  will  pay  its  tribute  of  respect  to  the 
memory  of  the  President  of  its  choice,  and  trust 
to  the  Power  which  controls  all  things,  to  lift  from 
our  hearts  the  grief  that  now  overwhelms  us. 


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of   ffiounrUttun,  gtptJI   is,   1865. 


The  Board  met  pursuant  to  the  following  call  : 
NEW  YORK  April  15,  1865. 

Hon.  JAMES  HAYES, 

President  Board  of  Councilmen  : 

You  are  respectfully  requested  to  convene  the 
Board  of  Councilmen,  this  day,  at  1,  P.M.,  in 
order  to  take  such  action  as  may  be  deemed  fitting 
and  proper  in  view  of  the  great  loss  the  nation 
has  sustained  in  the  death  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States. 

EDWIN  M.  HAGERTY, 
JOHN  HOUGHTALIN, 
PATRICK  RUSSELL, 
ISAAC  ROBINSON, 
JAMES  G.  BRINKMAN, 
JOHN  STACOM, 
MICHAEL  SMITH, 
J.  WILSON  GREEN, 
ABRAHAM  LENT, 
THOMAS  BRADY 
BERNARD  KENNEY, 
CHARLES  KOSTER, 
GEORGE  McGRATH, 
PATRICK  H.  KEENAN, 
WILLIAM  JOYCE, 
DAVID  FITZGERALD. 
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PRESENT, 
JAMES  HAYES,  Esq.,  President,  in  the  Chair. 


COUNCnjfEN. 

PATRICK  H.  KEENAN. 
JOHN  HEALY. 
ISAAC  ROBINSON. 
JOHN  STACOM. 
EDWIN  M.  HAGERTY. 
CHARLES  KOSTER. 
BERNARD  KENNEY. 
JAMES  G.  BRINKMAN. 
THOMAS  BRADY. 
SAMUEL  P.  PATTERSON. 
WILLIAM  A.  TAYLOR. 

VALENTINE 


COUNCILMEX. 


JOHN  HOUGHTALIN, 
THOMAS  LEAVY. 
GEORGE  MCGRATH. 
J.  WILSON  GREEN. 
ABRAHAM  LENT. 
MICHAEL  SMITH. 
THOMAS  O'CALLAGHAN. 
PATRICK  RUSSELL. 
WILLIAM  JOYCE. 
HUGH  REILLY. 
DAVID  FITZGERALD. 
COOK. 


from  tit*   goatd  »f 
Preamble  and  resolution  relative  to  the  death  of 
his  Excellency  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the 
United  States. 

(By  Board  of  Aldermen,  April  15,  1865,  preamble  and  resolution 
unanimously  adopted,  and  Aldermen  Ottiwell,  Jeremiah,  Van  Voor- 
his,  Shannon,  and  Gedney  appointed  such  Committee  on  the  part  of 
that  Board.) 

Unanimously  concurred  in, 
And   the   President   appointed,  as  such    Com- 
mittee on  the  part  of  this  Board, 

Councilmen  JOHN  HOUGHTALIN, 
ISAAC  ROBINSON, 
ABRAHAM  LENT, 
JAMES  G.  BRINKMAN, 
J.  WILSON  GREEN. 


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1  wnomteti  in  the  Hoard  of  tencttown. 

COUNCILMAN  GREEN  —  Mr.  President,  in  rising  to 
move  the  adoption  of  the  preamble  and  resolution 
just  read,  I  do  not  intend  to  eulogize  at  length  the 
character  of  President  Lincoln.  I  am  sure  there  is 
no  man  in  this  Union,  who  loves  his  country,  but 
can  appreciate  the  virtues  and  the  patriotism  of 
President  Lincoln.  I  presume  that  no  such  man 
can,  at  this  present  moment,  adequately  give  vent 
to  his  feelings.  To  be  silent,  sir,  upon  such  an 
occasion,  is  to  be  most  eloquent.  Sir,  it  so  hap- 
pens that  I,  as  one  of  the  Committee  from  this 
branch  of  the  Common  Council,  had  the  pleasure 
and  honor  of  calling  upon  President  Lincoln,  on 
the  afternoon  of  day  before  yesterday,  and  I  never 
shall  forget  his  kindness  and  condescension  upon 
that  occasion.  We  went  up  there  about  four 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon  ;  there  was  a  placard  up 
announcing  that  "  no  visitors,  under  any  circum- 
stances, can  see  the  President  after  three  o'clock," 
but  we  soon  ascertained  that  the  President  had 
left  orders,  that  when  the  Committee  from  New 
York  should  arrive,  no  matter  when,  they  should 
be  admitted,  and  he  was  ready  and  should  be 
pleased  to  receive  them.  We,  accordingly,  were 
ushered  into  his  presence,  and  the  kindness  with 


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which  he  received  us,  and  the  whole  simplicity  of 
his  conduct,  and  his  joyous  expression  at  the  idea 
that  this  great  rebellion  was  about  being  crushed, 
and  that  he  was  upon  the  eve  of  announcing  to 
the  people  of  these  United  States,  that  there  should 
be  one  grand  jubilee,  that  the  whole  nation  should 
be  called  together  to  rejoice  over  the  downfall  of 
rebellion,  and  the  re-establishment  of  our  national 
supremacy  throughout  the  world.  He  assured  us 
that,  only  the  night  before,  in  a  speech  to  the  peo- 
ple, he  had  hinted  that  such  a  proclamation  would 
be  issued,  and  he  said,  with  the  utmost  simplicity, 
"I  did  it  on  purpose  that  the  people  might  under- 
stand that  a  proclamation  would  soon  be  issued, 
calling  upon  all  the  nation  to  rejoice."  We.  did 
not,  sir,  attempt  to  get  from  him  the  time  when 
this  announcement  would  be  made;  we  did  not 
care  to  know.  We  only  asked  him  if  he  intended 
to  issue  a  proclamation  of  that  kind,  and  that  was 
all  we  wanted  to  know,  and  we  assured  him,  so 
far  as  the  city  of  New  York  was  concerned,  her 
people  were  ready  to  present  such  a  grand  specta- 
cle of  rejoicing  that  should  be  carried  down  in  the 
history  of  the  land  as  something  wonderful  in  its 
character.  We  gave  him  to  understand  that,  so  far 
as  the  people  here  are  concerned,  without  respect 
to  party,  they  were  loyal  and  they  were  true; 


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that  we  were  rejoiced  at  the  prospect  of  returning 
peace,  and  we  were  determined  to  make  an  exhibi- 
tion here  which  would  satisfy  the  world  of  that 
fact.  Little  did  I  think,  sir,  in  conversation  with 
him,  that  in  some  twenty-six  or  thirty  hours  after 
that  time,  he  could  lie  low ;  that  he  would  be 
smitten  down  by  the  hand  of  an  assassin.  Sir,  the 
idea  that  a  man  elected  by  the  voice  of  the  people, 
a  man  re-elected  by  almost  the  unanimous  voice  of 
a  free  people — that  the  President  of  a  Republic, 
not,  sir,  a  despot,  not  a  monarch,  but  placed  at  the 
head  of  a  free  government  by  the  voice  of  a  free 
people — that  that  man,  sir,  should  be  stricken 
down,  as  has  been  the  lot  of  many  a  despot  of  old, 
is  an  idea  that  shocks  and  alarms  the  American 
people.  But,  sir,  the  deed  has  been  done.  No 
longer  can  it  be  said  that  the  President  of  the 
United  States  is  safe  from  the  hands  of  the  assassin. 
It  is  a  damning  disgrace  to  our  country,  in  that  re- 
gard. But  I  know,  sir,  I  feel,  that,  notwithstand- 
ing an  individual  is  found  recreant  enough  to  do  a 
deed  of  that  kind,  that  the  nation  unanimously 
mourns  over  the  event.  I  know  that  instead  of 
public  rejoicing  over  returning  peace,  that  in  the 
first  place  we  shall  perform  our  duty  in  mourning 
over  the  illustrious  dead.  Sir,  when  we  take  into 
consideration  the  fact  that  he  has  been  endeavor- 
so 


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ing  to  fight  the  battle  of  the  rebellion,  to  cause 
victory  to  perch  upon  the  Union  banners  every- 
where, the  patience  and  perseverance  that  he  has 
manifested,  and  the  good  judgment  that  he  has 
displayed,  and,  last  and  not  least,  the  crowning 
glory,  for  he  arrived  at  that  point,  when  we  could 
see  that  the  rebellion  was,  to  all  intents  and  pur- 
poses, crushed  forever — I  say,  when  we  take  these 
matters  into  consideration,  when  we  remember  the 
character  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  when  we  begin  to 
sum  up  his  many  virtues,  when  we  acknowledge 
his  patriotism  and  honesty  of  purpose,  the  lan- 
guage of  one  of  our  own  gifted  poets,  twenty-five 
years  ago,  uttered  upon  the  occasion  of  the  death 
of  President  Harrison,  will  strikingly  apply.  Yes, 
we  can  say  of  Abraham  Lincoln : 

"He  ascended  fame's  ladder  so  high, 
From  the  round  at  the  top  he  has  stepped  to  the  sky." 

I  move,  sir,  the  adoption  of  the  preamble  and 
resolution. 

COUNCILMAN  LENT — It  has  been  well  said,  by 
my  colleague,  that  silence  is  the  greatest  eloquence 
that  can  be  displayed  on  this  occasion.  Yet,  I 
believe  I  \\ould  prove  recreant  to  my  own  feelings 
and  to  the  feelings  of  every  member  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  were  I  to  allow  the  resolutions  pre- 
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sented  for  our  concurrence,  to  pass  without  a  word 
of  commendation  from  me.  The  nation  mourns. 
Oh,  how  sad  the  change  !  One  week  ago  to-day, 
we  were  assembled  in  this  very  chamber.  We  were 
then  exulting.  News  of  the  capture  of  the  rebel  cap- 
ital had  been  received.  It  was  a  day  sacred  to  re- 
joicing, and  not  for  the  transaction  of  business.  We 
adjourned  at  once,  giving  cheers  for  the  National 
Union.  To-day,  we  are  assembled  under  different 
circumstances.  We  assemble  to-day  in  the  midst 
of  the  gloom  and  sorrow  of  a  nation.  Our  head 
has  been  stricken  down,  not  by  the  slow  inroads 
of  disease,  but  by  the  hands  of  an  assassin.  A 
man  born  on  American  soil,  claiming  to  be  an 
American,  has  seen  fit  to  place  the  loaded  pistol  at 
the  head  of  our  elective  chief.  As  has  been  very 
fittingly  said  by  Alderman  Jeremiah,  it  was  not 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  merely,  that  has 
been  assassinated,  but  with  him  the  whole  Ameri- 
can people.  God  reigns,  and  that  is  our  only  hope. 
The  nation  still  lives,  though  the  President  has 
been  stricken  down.  We  would  all  rejoice  had  he 
been  spared  and  permitted  to  reap  and  gather, 
during  the  four  years  that  remained  of  his  incum- 
bency, the  fruits  of  the  labors  and  toils  of  the 
past.  But  God  has  ordered  it  otherwise.  Mys- 
terious, indeed,  are  the  ways  of  Providence.  One 
C6] 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


week  ago,  rejoicing,  did  we  forget  that  God  ruled, 
and  was  it  necessary  for  Him  to  bring  upon  us 
this  calamity,  to  remind  us  that  God  ruled  in  the 
affairs  of  nations,  as  in  the  affairs  of  men  ?  So 
it  would  seem,  and,  bowed  down  to  the  dust, 
our  only  hope,  our  only  trust,  our  only  confidence, 
can  lie  in  Him.  May  He  give  to  him,  who,  by  our 
Constitution,  has  become  our  head,  the  wisdom 
that  he  gave  to  his  predecessor.  May  He  guide  him 
in  the  trials  through  which  he  will  be  called  upon 
to  pass,  and  may  this  attempt  to  destroy  the  nation 
by  the  destruction  of  its  honored  head  cement,  as 
one  man  the  entire  North,  to  resolve  to  be  content 
and  satisfied  with  nothing  but  the  entire  subjuga- 
tion, the  entire  submission  of  every  man  to  the 
Constitution,  to  the  flag,  and  the  Union  of  our 
common  country.  God  grant  that  good  may  grow 
out  of  this  ;  God  grant  that  it  may  be  tempered 
for  our  good,  and  though  we  cannot  see  now, 
though  the  vail  is  not  now  rent,  yet  the  time 
I  trust  is  not  far  distant  when  we  will  see  it  has 
been  ordered  for  our  good.  A  man  has  been 
stricken  down,  who,  if  he  erred  at  all,  erred  on 
the  side  of  mercy  ;  a  man  who  stood  ready  to  wel- 
come the  deluded  and  erring  citizens  of  the  South 
back  into  one  common  fold,  who  was  willing  to 
extend  over  them  the  protection  of  our  Govern- 

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ment.  It  may  be,  it  is,  it  will  be,  for  our  good. 
The  nation  lives,  though  its  head  is  gone,  and 
may  we  give  our  confidence,  our  hope  to  him  who 
has  now,  by  this  dispensation,  become  President  of 
this  Republic.  The  blow  is  not  struck  at  the 
President,  nor  the  people,  but  at  the  Republi- 
can form  of  government.  Shall  it  be  the  death- 
knell  of  republicanism?  Shall  it  be  said,  and  be 
said  with  truth,  by  the  despots  of  Europe,  that 
man  is  not  fit  for  self-government ;  that  man  must 
be  governed  by  one  who  claims  the  right  from 
God  ?  I  hope  not,  I  trust  not.  I  believe  that  man 
is  still  fit  for  self-government,  and  that  this  Repiib- 
lie  will  emerge  from  the  calamity  that  has  now 
befallen  it,  and  will  assert  her  rights,  her  suprem- 
acy among  the  nations  of  the  earth.  I  second  the 
resolutions.  I  know  they  will  find  a  response  in 
eveiy  heart,  and  I  hope  arrangements  will  be  car- 
ried out,  and  all  that  can  will  be  done  to  testify  a 
nation's  sorrow  at  the  loss  of  its  venerable  and 
venerated  head.  Oh,  let  us  now,  in  this  dreadful 
hour,  realize  our  dependence,  with  submission  and 
acknowledgment  to  the  will  of  God. 


SPECIAL    SESSION. 


iff  j$nytvvi&oic&,  gtjrfil  15,  1865. 


The  Board  met,  pursuant  to  the  following  call  : 

BOAED  OF  STJPEEVISOES'  OFFICE, 
No.  7  CITY  HALL, 
YOEK,  APEIL  15,  1865. 


We,  the  undersigned,  members  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  of  the  county  of  New  York,  do  here- 
by request  Joseph  B.  Young,  Clerk  of  said  Board, 
to  call  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board,  for  Satur- 
day, the  15th  instant,  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.,  to  take 
action  in  regard  to  the  calamity  that  has  befallen 
the  nation,  in  the  death  of  President  Lincoln. 

ELIJAH  F.  PURDY, 
WILLIAM  R.  STEWART, 
ORISON  BLUNT, 
JAMES  DAVIS, 
SHERIDAN  SHOOK, 
ANDREAS  WILLMANN, 
WALTER  ROCHE. 


PRESENT : 


SUPERVISORS. 

OEISON  BLUNT. 
JAMES  DAVIS. 
ELIJAH  F.  PUEDY. 


SUPERVISORS. 


WALTEE  ROCHE. 
SHERIDAN  SHOOK. 
WILLIAM  R.  STEWART. 


ANDREAS  WILLMANN. 

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The  President  being  absent,  on  motion  of  Su- 
pervisor Koche,  Supervisor  Blunt  was  called  to 
the  Chair. 


f  nwoMtttfd  in  Ih*  §0ard  of 

SUPERVISOR  PURDY  —  Mr.  President,  I  suppose 
it  is  hardly  necessary  for  me  to  say  for  what 
purpose  this  Board  has  been  convened.  The  news 
has  spread  with  the  wings  of  lightning  threugh- 
out  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  "We  have 
assembled  upon  an  occasion  of  an  unusual  charac- 
ter, such  has  as  never  been  witnessed  by  the  Ameri- 
can people.  The  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  Repub- 
lic has  been  murdered  by  an  assassin.  I  hope  he 
is  not  of  the  manor  born  ;  and  hope,  also,  he  is  not 
a  citizen  by  adoption.  It  is  disgraceful  to  the 
American  nation  to  contemplate,  for  a  single 
moment,  that  anybody  belonging  to  this  country 
would  commit  so  great  an  outrage  upon  human- 
ity, and  upon  the  interests  of  the  whole  country. 
I  am  deeply  pained  to  make  this  announcement. 
I  feel  that  it  is  a  foul  disgrace  that  the  Chief 
Magistrate  of  this  nation  should  be  stricken  down. 
He  was  surrounded  with  difficulties  on  entering 
upon  his  administration,  which  it  seemed  almost 
impossible  to  overcome,  and  yet  he  was  on  the 
point  of  success  in  re-establishing  the  Constitution 

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and  the  laws.  Not  only  that,  but  the  second  in 
command,  the  man  who  has  guided  the  helm  of 
State  so  successfully,  prostrated  as  he  was  by  an 
accident  of  a  very  melancholy  character,  was 
attacked  in  his  chamber  by  the  assassin,  who 
attempted  to  murder  this  assistant  as  well  as  him- 
self. These  events  should  fill  every  American 
heart  with  gloom.  Mr.  President,  I  feel  alarmed 
for  the  country ;  I  feel  as  though  we  were  now 
groping  again  in  the  dark  ;  I  feel  that  we  may  see 
scenes  such  as  have  never  been  seen  before.  The 
war  Avas  ending,  but  suddenly  this  new  scene 
opened  before  us;  we  have  now  no  man  upon 
whom  the  country  can  rely,  with  the  same  confi- 
dence, as  upon  the  man  who  has  been  stricken 
down,  and  should  we  lose  the  Secretary  of  State, 
what  would  become  of  this  country  ?  Mr.  Presi- 
dent, I  think  I  can  truly  say  there  is  no  man  in 
existence,  to  my  knowledge,  that  can  occupy  the 
place  of  Abraham  Lincoln.  I  believe  I  can  say 
that  with  unquestioned  sincerity,  for  no  man  can 
say  that  I  did  anything  towards  his  election  to 
the  Presidency.  But  I  do  believe,  that  there  is  no 
man  who  is  so  strong  in  the  confidence  of  the  peo- 
ple, who  is  so  earnest  to  do  right,  and  so  anxious 
to  do  justice  to.  all,  as  he.  Butr  Mr.  President,  my 
feelings  are  so  deep  that  I  cannot  give  them  ex- 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


pression  ;  I  feel  that  my  time,  also,    has   nearly 
come. 

I  offer  the  followin    resolutions  : 


iS,  The  startling  intelligence  reaches  us  from 
Washington,  that  President  Lincoln,  the  Head  of  the 
American  Nation,  is  no  more,  having  been  basely  assassin- 
ated on  the  evening  of  the  14th  instant  ;  and, 

Whereas',  The  horrible  crime  of  assassination  of  officers 
high  in  authority,  which  has  caused  this  sorrowful  event, 
has  never  before  disgraced  the  pages  of  American  history, 
the  will  of  the  majority  of  the  people  having  always  been 
cheerfully  acquiesced  in,  prior  to  the  rebellion  of  the  South- 
ern States,  with  a  unanimity  that  has  formed  the  strongest 
bond  of  republican  unity,  and  the  surest  guarantee  of  the 
perpetuation  of  our  liberties  ;  and, 

Wherea.S,  This  fearful  crime  and  shocking  calamity  has 
occurred  just  at  the  moment  when  every  patriot's  heart  was 
full  of  joy  at  the  glorious  victories  won  by  the  Federal 
arms,  and  at  the  prospect  of  an  early  and  lasting  peace  to 
our  beloved  country—  triumphs  which  gladden  and  cheer  an 
American,  and  which  bid  fair  to  present  to  the  nations  of 
the  earth  a  happy,  united,  and  powerful  people  —  triumphs 
resulting  mainly  from  the  honest,  devoted,  pure,  patriotic 
energies  of  him  whose  untimely  end  the  nation  mourns;  and, 

Whereas,  We,  in  common  with  our  fellow-citizens,  suffer 
the  terrible  shock,  and  our  hearts  swell  with  unassuaged 
grief  at  the  calamity  which  has  been  permitted  to  befall  us, 
in  the  sudden  death  of  our  Chief  Magistrate,  no  such  pang 
of  sorrow  at  the  loss  of  a  beloved  public  officer  having  ever 
occurred  in  the  history  of  this  country. 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


l,  That  this  Board  receives  with  unfeigned 
emotion  and  deep  solemnity,  the  dire  and  heart-rending 
intelligence  of  the  death  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of 
the  United  States;  and  that,  while  we  truly  sympathize 
with  the  family  and  relatives  of  the  deceased,  in  their  sud- 
den and  irreparable  bereavement,  and  deeply  deplore  the 
sad  event,  we  fervently  unite  with  our  fellow-citizens 
throughout  the  country  and  nation,  in  expressing  the  deep- 
rooted  sorrow  which  pervades  all  hearts  at  the  loss  of  one 
who  had  peculiarly  signalized  his  administration  of  the 
affairs  of  his  great  office,  and  who  has  enshrined  himself  in 
the  heart  of  every  patriot  and  well-wisher  of  his  country,  by 
the  purity  of  his  private  character,  and  by  the  elevated  po- 
sition in  which  he  had  been  placed  by  the  voice  of  the 
American  people. 

ilWoU'crt.  That  this  Board  will  participate  in  a  suitable 
demonstration  of  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  late  Presi- 
dent ;  that  the  chamber  of  the  Board  be  hung  in  black  for 
ninety  days  ;  and  that  the  members  of  this  Board  wear  the 
usual  badge  of  mourning  for  the  same  period. 

1j&t#olvt&,  That  the  officers  of  the  Board  be  requested  to 
transmit  a  copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolutions  to  the 
sorrow-stricken  family  of  the  deceased,  and  cause  the  same 
to  be  published. 

Vif  jioli  f  (1 ,  That  a  Committee  of  four  be  appointed  to  facili- 
tate any  arrangements  which  may  be  deemed  advisable  for 
a  suitable  manifestation  of  respect  for  the  memory  of  the 
deceased. 

lQt$0\Vt&,  That  all  County  officers  be  requested  to  close 
their  offices  until  after  the  obsequies. 


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SUPERVISOR  DAVIS  seconded  the  adoption  of  the 
above,  and  spoke  as  follows  : 

I  rise  for  the  purpose  of  seconding  these  resolu- 
tions, not  for  the  purpose  of  attempting  to  pass 
any  eulogy  upon  the  deceased.  I  feel  that,  if  I 
were  competent  to  deliver  a  eulogy  upon  the  char- 
acter of  him  whose  loss  we  are  called  upon  to 
mourn,  my  feelings  upon  this  occasion  are  such 
that  I  cannot  bring  my  mind  to  the  subject. 

It  is  truly  said  in  these  resolutions  (and  they 
seem  to  cover  the  whole  ground  of  what  need  be 
said  upon  an  occasion  of  this  kind)  that  such  an 
event  has  never  before  occurred  in  our  history. 
In  other  countries  and  other  governments  similar 
events  have  occurred ;  but  in  this  country,  never. 
We  are  not  now  able  to  bring  our  minds  to  con- 
template the  vast  results  which  may  ensue,  so  as 
fully  to  understand  the  great  loss  that  we  have 
suifered. 

We  can  only  bow  in  submission  to  the  stroke, 
and  put  our  trust  in  God  for  the  future.  That 
we  have  suffered  an  overwhelming  loss,  however, 
the  gloom  which  pervades  the  whole  community ; 
the  melancholy  appearance  of  the  buildings, 
draped  in  mourning;  the  flags  floating  at  half 
mast,  and  the  subdued  manner  in  which  this  event 

is  alluded  to,  indicate   that  the  public  mind  is 

m 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


deeply  impressed  with  the  fact,  that  a  great  and 
good  man  has  fallen  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty. 
He  has  fallen  a  martyr  to  the  principles  which 
have  guided  him  in  his  public  acts.  His  Country 
will  feel  its  loss,  will  mourn  at  his  untimely  end ; 
but  histoiy  will  record  his  name  high  upon  the 
record  of  the  benefactors  of  his  race,  and  the  na- 
tion will  reap  the  fruits  of  the  rich  legacy  he  has 
bequeathed  to  it.  It  is  proper  that  the  action 
which  these  resolutions  contemplate,  should  be 
taken,  and  that  the  members  of  this  Board  should 
co-operate  with  the  other  departments  of  the  City 
and  General  Governments,  in  paying  due  honor  to 
the  memory  of  him  whose  loss  we  are  called  upon 
on  this  occasion  to  deplore.  I  second  the  resolu- 
tions with  feelings  of  deep  solemnity,  and  trust 
that  they  will  be  properly  engrossed,  and  a  copy 
transmitted  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

The  resolutions  were  then  unanimously  adopted ; 

And  the  President  appointed  as  such  Com- 
mittee, 

Supervisors  ELIJAH  P.  PURDY, 

WILLIAM  R.  STEWART, 
WALTER  ROCHE, 
SHERIDAN  SHOOK. 


GO 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


SUPERVISOR  STEWART  presented  the  following  : 

WhmajS,  The  shocking  intelligence  has  been  communi- 
cated that  the  assassination  of  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Seward,  Secre- 
tary of  State,  was  attempted  in  Washington,  about  the  same 
time  that  President  Lincoln  met  his  untimely  end ;  and, 

Whereat,  He  now  lies  in  a  critical  condition,  resulting  from 
the  shameful  act,  as  also  his  son  Frederick,  who  attempted 
to  prevent  the  commission  of  the  murderous  deed  ;  and, 

Whereas,  The  Honorable  the  Secretary  of  State  has  been 
intimately  associated  with  President  Lincoln  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  public  affairs  of  this  country,  for  the  last  four 
years,  assisting  and  advising  in  regard  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  those  glorious  triumphs,  which  have  caused  the 
nation  to  joyfully  exult ;  and, 

Whereas,  Mr.  Seward,  by  his  marked  ability,  his  long 
experience  in  public  affairs,  has  stamped  himself  as  one  of  the 
greatest  statesmen  of  modern  times,  and  his  extensive  knowl- 
edge and  research  have  been  invaluable  during  the  crisis 

f 
from  which  the  country  has  nearly  emerged;  therefore, 

llf '.'.oh  ril.  That  we  sincerely  and  earnestly  pray  that  the 
Almighty,  in  His  infinite  wisdom,  may  spare  the  life  of  one 
who  is  an  ornament  to  the  republican  institutions  of  our 
country ;  that  this  long-tried  ability  and  unquestioned  devo- 
tion to  the  country  may  yet  serve  the  American  people  in 
many  an  emergency. 

'iJr.-j'olvnl,  That  we  cordially  sympathize  with  the  family 
and  relatives  of  Mr.  Seward,  in  the  affliction  which  he  and 
they  are  called  upon  to  bear,  and  trust  that  their  hearts  may 
be  gladdened  by  the  speedy  recovery  to  health  and  strength 
of  Mr.  Seward  and  his  son  Frederick. 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


of  mistw  in  Wall  gtutt, 

During  the  morning  of  the  loth  of  April,  a  large 
meeting  of  our  citizens  convened  in  front  of  the 
Custom  House  in  Wall  street,  over  which  Simeon 
Draper,  Esq.,  was  called  to  preside,  and  Messrs. 
Moses  Taylor,  Moses  H.  Grinnell,  and  S.  B.  Chit- 
tenden  were  appointed  Vice-Presidents,  and  the 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted : 

Whma.tf,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  take  from  us 
Abraham  Lincoln,  the  President  of  the  United  States,  by  a 
sudden  and  awful  visitation ;  and  by  this  great  calamity 
befalling  us  in  the  hour  of  our  national  triumph,  we  are 
warned  of  the  uncertainty  of  all  human  affairs,  and  our 
absolute  dependence  for  our  safety  and  protection,  as  a 
nation,  upon  the  mercy  and  wisdom  of  Divine  Providence; 
therefore, 

<$$tt$Qlvt&,  That  in  this  hour  of  our  deep  affliction  we  hum- 
bly implore  that  the  Divine  protection  and  support  vouch- 
safed to  us  as  a  nation  hitherto,  which  has  borne  us  through 
years  of  bitter  trial,  and  brought  us  safely  through  the  storms 
of  war  to  victory  and  the  prospect  of  peace,  will  not  now 
be  withdrawn  from  us,  but  that,  having  taken  from  us  the 
chosen  and  beloved  Chief  Magistrate,  who  has  earnestly,  and 
faithfully,  and  wisely  labored  and  toiled  in  the  behalf  of 
his  people,  God  will,  in  His  mercy,  enlighten,  guide,  and 
strengthen  His  servants,  upon  whom  devolves  the  authority 
of  the  Government,  so  that  they  may  wisely  and  justly 
administer  the  power  confided  to  them. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


*lf.'.'ii3U'nl,  That  while  we  bow  in  submission  to  the  mys- 
terious dispensation  which  thus  afflicts  us,  as  men  and 
citizens  we  must  express  the  anguish  and  grief  whicli  fill 
our  hearts,  that  the  death  of  Abraham  Lincoln  is  a  calamity, 
not  to  this  nation  only,  but  to  the  civilized  world. 

'*{  evolved .  That  while  in  his  personal  character,  exhibiting 
the  most  kind  and  generous  nature,  he,  in  his  public  career, 
manifested  and  illustrated  in  the  highest  degree  the  capacity 
of  free  institutions  to  inspire  and  develop  true  greatness  of 
character;  that  his  services  to  the  nation,  through  all  the 
years  of  trial  and  danger,  his  unwavering  devotion,  his 
high  courage  and  enduring  hope,  have  endeared  him  forever 
to  the  hearts  of  the  people,  and  in  their  memories,  as  in  his- 
tory, he  will  be  recorded  as  the  first  patriot  of  the  age. 
Alas,  that  he  should  be  also  the  most  distinguished  martyr 
in  the  sacred  cause  of  liberty  ! 

fQt$alVt&,  That,  as  by  the  last  acts  of  his  life  the  President 
proved  that  kindness,  charity,  and  spirit  of  conciliation 
toward  the  enemies  of  the  Republic  animated  him  and 
dictated  his  policy,  so  we  believe  that  we  best  honor  his 
memory  by  emulating  his  example,  and  continuing  to  labor 
for  the  restoration  <5f  peace  and  harmony  in  the  land. 

ili'.'i'oU'rrt,  That  to  the  bereaved  wife  and  children  of 
the  lamented  dead  we  tender  our  deep  and  heartfelt  sym- 
pathies, but  can  offer  no  better  consolation  than  the  assur- 
ance that  the  whole  people  are  with  them,  and  feel  their  loss 
to  be  irreparable. 

Vif.ooh'cd,  That  we  tender  to  the  officer  upon  whom,  by 
this  sad  calamity,  the  Executive  authority  devolves,  our 
sympathy  in  the  trying  position  in  which  he  is  placed,  and 
the  assurance  of  our  cordial  and  unwavering  support  in  the 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


measures  which,  guided  by  Divine  wisdom,  he  may  adopt 
for  the  speedy  accomplishment  of  the  great  object  for  which 
his  lamented  predecessor  labored  and  died. 

'jfrttfOlVtA,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  citizens  to  close 
all  places  of  business  to-day  as  early  as  practicable,  and  that 
they  remain  closed  until  after  the  burial  of  the  deceased 
President. 

'Vu'.'joln'd.  That  it  be  requested  that  all  places  of  public 
amusement  be  closed  for  this  evening,  and  that  the  question 
of  the  further  closing  of  all  such  sources  of  pleasure  be 
referred  to  the  sympathy,  loyalty,  and  reverence  of  the 
managers. 

O 

fQt$olVt&,  That  a  Committee  of  thirteen  citizens  of  New 
York  be  sent  to  Washington  to  attend  the  funeral  of  the 
President,  and  to  tender  such  aid  and  sympathy  to  the 
Government  as  may  be  needful  and  proper,  and  that  said 
Committee  consist  of  the  following  gentlemen : 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
JONATHAN  STURGES, 
WILLIAM  E.  DODGE, 
HAMILTON  FISH, 
MOSES  H.  GRINNELL, 
WILLIAM  M.  EVARTS, 
CHARLES  H.  RUSSELL, 
EDWARDS  PIERREPONT, 
SAMUEL  SLOAN, 
JOHN  JACOB  ASTOR,  JR., 
FRANCIS  B.  CUTTING, 
R.  M.  BLATCHFORD, 
CHARLES  H.  MARSHALL. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


During  the  day  various  other  meetings  were 
held,  at  which  speeches  were  made  and  resolutions 
adopted. 

The  Committees  thus  appointed  by  the  respective 
Boards  of  the  Common  Council,  having,  organized 
by  the  selection  of  Alderman  Ottiwell  as  Chair- 
man, immediately  visited  Washington  for  the  pur- 
pose of  attending  the  funeral  solemnities  of  the 
late  President  in  that  city. 

The  following  day,  being  Sunday,  presented  a 
scene  in  the  deserted  streets,  in  which  the  emblems 
of  sorrow  displayed  on  every  side  gave  additional 
solemnity  to  the  ordinary  observances  of  the  day. 
In  all  the  churches  services  were  held  appropriate 
to  the  occasion;  and  the  public  evidences  of  the 
power  of  religious  ceremonies  were  probably 
never  more  strongly  manifested.  The  suddenness 
and  severity  of  the  blow,  and  the  dread  uncertainty 
as  to  what  might  be  the  consequences  to  the  pub- 
lic welfare,  combined  to  soften  the  hardest  hearts, 
and  make  them  bow  before  the  power  of  the 
Almighty. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Immediately  upon  the  reception  of  the  mournful 
tidings,  our  citizens  began  to  drape  their  resi- 
dences and  places  of  business  in  mourning,  and 
soon  scarcely  a  building  in  the  city,  public  or 
private,  from  the  palatial  Fifth  avenue  mansion  to 
the  humblest  tenement-house,  could  be  seen,  which 
had  not  some  outward  funereal  decoration  ;  while 
nearly  all  our  citizens  wore  mourning  badges  upon 
their  persons.  Such  universality  of  mourning  was 
never  known  before  in  the  annals  of  our  country. 
So  great  was  the  demand  for  mourning  goods,  that 
the  stock  of  such  goods  in  the  city  was  nearly 
exhausted. 

The  following  description  of  the  city,  as  it 
appeared  in  its  mourning  garb,  is  taken  from  the 
newspapers  of  the  city,  published  on  the  19th  of 
April,  the  New  York  Herald  particularly,  and  is 
so  strikingly  faithful,  as  to  warrant  its  incorpo- 
ration into  this  work. 


at 

In  the  following  descriptions,  the  decorations  of 
Broadway  are  alluded  to  under  the  headings  of 
the  different  wards  through  which  our  great 
thoroughfare  passes.  The  magnificent  effect  of 


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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Broadway  in  mourning,  can  only  thus  be  esti- 
mated. From  the  Battery  to  Union  square  there 
was  not  a  building  but  assumed,  in  some  shape 
or  other,  the  garb  of  sorrow. 

A  ride  up  Broadway  was  one  long  funeral  pro- 
cession. In  some  instances,  the  habiliments  of 
mourning  were  arranged  with  an  amount  of  skill 
bordering  upon  artistic  genius.  In  other  instances, 
somberness  of  effect  appeared  alone  to  have  been 
aimed  at.  In  all  cases  unaffected  sorrow  and  vene- 
ration were  the  actuating  motives,  and  any  short- 
comings in  execution  were  abundantly  covered  by 
the  excellence  of  the  sentiment  which  inspired  this 
remarkable  and  spontaneous  demonstration.  Na- 
tionalities and  creeds  were  swallowed  up  in  the  all- 
pervading  sorrow.  Germans,  Frenchmen,  Span- 
iards, and  British  residents,  all  united  in  the  ex- 
pression of  their  grief;  and  this  was  only  a  prelude 
to  the  feeling  which  stirred  every  free  nation  of 
the  Old  World,  when  the  tidings  of  the  President's 
death  were  made  known.  What  Byron  fittingly 
said  of  Pitt,  will  apply  with  even  greater  force  to 
Abraham  Lincoln : 

Not  one  great  people  only  raise  his  urn : 
All  Europe's  far  extended  regions  mourn. 

The  foreign  consulates  were  amongst  the  build- 
ings most  heavily  draped  in  the  insignia  of  woe. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


At  the  office  of  the  Inman  Steamship  Company, 
the  Stars  and  Stripes  and  the  Union  Jack  were 
looped  together  side  by  side  in  one  common  badge 
of  mourning. 

The  banks  and  insurance  offices  first  command 
attention.  The  whole  proportion  of  some  of  these 
buildings  afforded  almost  unlimited  scope  for  dec- 
orative display,  and  as  a  rule  this  advantage  was 
made  the  most  of.  Nothing,  for  instance,  could 
be  in  better  character  with  the  occasion  than  the 
funereal  canopy  over  the  entrance  to  the  Bank  of 
the  Republic ;  and  the  hangings  of  black  and  the 
huge  funereal  badges,  over  and  in  the  windows  of 
the  Atlantic  Bank,  stood  out  in  startling  relief 
from  the  white  marble- front  of  the  building.  The 
Hope,  Continental,  and  New  York  Insurance  Com- 
panies also  were  conspicuous  for  the  admirable 
arrangement  of  their  drapery.  The  hotels  were 
not  prominent  fot  the  elaborate  nature  of  their 
outward  trappings.  The  New  York  Hotel  (a 
great  resort  of  Southerners)  and  the  Astor  House 
must,  however,  be  excepted.  Over  the  entrance 
to  the  latter  hotel  were  the  lines  : 


<T>  it  I  »     l  fi  i     actions    of    t  0  r    Just 

Smell    sincct,    an  ft    blossom    in    tjr    Just, 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


The  skillful  manner  in  which  the  American  flag 
was  transformed  into  an  emble.m  of  mourning,  was 
a  noticeable  feature  in  the  decorations.  Messrs. 
Stewart's  store,  on  the  corner  of  Chambers  street 
and  Broadway,  was  the  best  exemplar  of  this ;  but 
Zechiel's  fur  warehouse,  Coughlan,  Detmars  & 
Co.'s,  No.  414  Broadway,  the  Singer  Manufactur- 
ing Company's,  Wheeler  &  Wilson's,  Union 
Adams',  and  other  buildings,  afforded  specimens  of 
the  same  effective  mode  of  arrangement.  Busts  of 
the  martyred  President,  and  paper  monuments, 
cunningly  contrived  to  look  like  marble,  were  of 
frequent  occurrence.  N'one  were  more  beautiful 
than  those  at  357  Broadway.  Among  the  deco- 
rations the  initiated  would  recognize  here  and 
there  the  expressive  symbols  of  Freemasonry, 
showing  where  members  of  that  omnipresent  craft 
mourned  for  one  who  was  a  Mason  in  the  noblest 
acceptation  of  the  term,  though  not  actually  a 
"  brother  of  the  mystic  tie." 

Slate-colored  silk,  intermingled  with  American 
flags  and  mourning  bands,  were  introduced  with 
admirable  taste  at  Osborne  &  May's,  394  Broad- 
way. 

Among  the  inscriptions  not  elsewhere  noticed, 
were  some  of  signal  appropriateness.  Under  an 
obelisk  bearing  the  name  of  "  LINCOLN,"  at  356 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Broadway,  were  lines  which  must  have  suggested 
themselves  to  many  within  the  last  few  days : 


to  o  6    motors    in    a   mysterious    ui  a  v  • 
31}  is    toontrcrs    to    perform. 


The  Army  and  Navy  Clothing  Office    (General 
Vinton's)  displayed  the  words  : 


<T  I)  o  u    art    gone,    a  n  &    frtentr    ,1  it  a    foe 
SI  I  i  ft  e    a  ]j  ]i  r  r  c  i  a  t  e    t  j)  e  e    noto. 


At  Knabe  &  Co.'s,  who,  it  is  to  be  noticed,  are 
the  agents  of  a  Baltimore  house,  a  bust  of  Mr. 
Lincoln,  severely  simple  in  the  absence  of  all  orna- 
mentation, was  shown  on  a  black  pedestal,  and 
underneath  this  a  fitting  quotation,  which,  how- 
ever, was  marred  in  the  copying: 


Ejjere  toas  in  tjjis  man  something  tjiat  conn  create, 
siibbert  or  reform,  an  unterstan&ins  spirit,  anlr  an 
eloquence  to  summon  manfctnJr  to  societn,  or  to  ijreaft 
tfje  bontrs  of  slabcrn  asunlrer,  an6  to  rule  tjje  toiHrerness 
of  free  mintrs  toitf)  unlioiiiiflra  niitflortti) — something;  tjat 
coultr  estatilisi)  antr  obertoiielm  an  empire,  anlr  strike  a 
iiloto  in  Hjr  toarltt  tijnt  sijoiill)  rrsounlr  tijraiiQl)  tfjr  utiibrrsr. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


At  555  Broadway,  Win.  B.  Holmes' : 


Nation    i>  o  to  e  fr    in   Brief 
rise    in    mifl^t    to    exterminate 

Ern&rrs    Of    tliis    nrrursra     i«  rii  rl  I  ton. 
"SrSus    fie   it    eber"    to    Kefiels. 


Fredericks'  Photographic  Temple  of  Art  was 
chastely  and  beautifully  adorned,  and  bore  this 
inscription : 


Kn  sorrotoinu  tears  tf)e  nation's  grief  is  spent, 
IMS  lost  a  frienb,  anb  toe  a  )9rrsitrent. 


At  Clarke's  Photographic  Union  there  was  a 
well-painted  transparency  of  the  President,  and 
underneath,  the  words: 


mentors,  like  tje  &nion  jic  preserbett,  is  not  for  a  Iras, 
tnt  for  all  time. 


Miller  &  Matthews'  stationery  store,  757  Broad- 
way, was  hung  with  the  deepest  mourning,  the 
windows  being  entirely  covered  with  black  cloth. 
The  motto, 


Justice,    not    Revenge, 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


was  exhibited  at  the  side  of  the  building,  but 
immediately  underneath  were  these  suggestive 
reminders : 


Jttassarrr     at     Slatorrnre. 
anlrersonbflle     prison     $  c  n . 

Jtt  i  n  t  n  jj    31  i  6  6  2    Jp  r  i  s  o  it . 
Jtt  n  r  H  e  r    of    t  ft  e    $Jrr0i&tnt. 


At  Jackson's,  759,  was  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Lincoln, 
with  the  inscription : 


?i>  r   bias   ft   man,   i  a  it  t    ft  i  m    for   all   in   all. 


Another  store  further  on  displayed  another  por- 
trait, and  furnished  the  quotation : 


J  5 '  r  si)  a  1 1  not    look  upon  ft  i  s  1  i  ft  r  again. 


Taken  as  a  whole,  the  spectacle  which  Broadway 
presented  has  probably  never  been  paralleled  in 
history.  The  nearest  approach  to  it  in  modern 
times,  was  the  aspect  of  Great  Britain  when  Prince 
Albert  was  so  suddenly  cut  off.  The  writer  visit- 
ed the  great  manufacturing  centres  of  England 
when  the  grief  and  excitement  caused  by  that 
event  were  at  their  height.  But,  though  the  piib- 
lic  sorrow  was  intense,  spontaneous  outward  mani- 


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festations  of  grief  were  almost  entirely  wanting. 
So  also  were  the  feelings  of  horror  and  detesta- 
tion at  a  heinous  crime  which  give  to  our  grief 
a  deeper  gloom,  and  render  our  national  mourning, 
in  its  uniqueness,  the  appropriate  accompaniment 
of  a  loss  the  most  terrible  that  any  nation  has  en- 
dured, and  of  a  deed  unequaled  in  its  atrocity  in 
the  annals  of  the  world. 


She  Jiiwrt,  £tt0n&, 
The  lower  part  of  the  city,  although  devoted 
largely  to  business,  and  filled  with  stores  and  pub- 
lic offices,  was  nevertheless  very  generally  covered 
with  the  emblems  of  mourning.  It  is  true  there 
Avas  a  great  sameness  and  lack  of  variety,  but  the 
spontaneity  and  extent  of  the  display  were  very 
remarkable.  Commencing  down  at  the  Battery, 
a  survey  of  all  the  streets  up  as  far  as  Chambers 
street,  between  the  East  and  North  rivers,  exhibited 
scarcely  a  building  that  was  not  covered  in  some 
part  with  the  external  evidences  of  the  national 
grief.  The  barge  office  at  Whitehall  presented  a 
front  covered  with  tastefully  arranged  folds  of 
black  and  white.  The  Hamilton  and  South  ferry 
house  was  festooned  with  similar  colors.  Looking 
up  Broadway,  the  office  of  the  British  Consul  ap- 
peared with  its  flags  at  half-mast,  and  the  roof  and 


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windows  hung  with  sable  trappings.  Next  door 
to  this  was  the  Stevens'  House,  veiy  heavily  draped 
and  very  neatly. 

The  Produce  Exchange,  in  Whitehall  street,  was 
decked  with  very  remarkable  taste  and  touching 
simplicity.  Over  the  entrances  on  each  street 
were  hangings  of  black  muslin,  and  inside,  the 
broad  pillars  were  wreathed  with  wide  bands  of 
crape,  lending  a  very  impressive  aspect  to  the 
building. 

The  Sub-Treasury  office  in  Nassau  street  was 
extensively  draped,  particularly  in  the  interior, 
where  the  walls,  counters,  desks,  and  arches  were 
appropriately  festooned.  The  chandeliers  and 
clocks  even  were  decked  with  drooping  flags  and 
mourning  rosettes. 

The  United  States  public  store,  corner  of 
Exchange  place  and  Broadway,  was  covered  with 
streamlets  of  white  and  black. 

The  Express  offices,  particularly  Harnden's  and 
the  National,  were  beautifully  ornamented. 

We  have  already  alluded  to  the  manner  in 
which  the  City  Hall  has  been  fixed  up,  as  a  mark 
of  respect  for  the  memory  of  President  Lincoln. 
The  fine  old  building  formed  one  of  the  most  strik- 
ing features  of  the  city's  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
the  departed  and  deeply  lamented  Chief  Magistrate. 


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From  the  figure  of  Justice,  crowning  tlie  cupola, 
down  to  the  basement,  was  to  be  seen  a  continuous 
exhibition  of  funereal  decorations.  The  little  pil- 
lars of  the  cupola  were  surrounded  with  bands  of 
black  muslin  ;  the  cornices  fringing  the  roof  held 
black  pendants;  the  windows  were  arched  with 
black  strips,  and  the  heavy  solid  pillars  beneath 
the  balcony  were  encircled  with  rolls  of  drapery 
of  the  same  color.  On  the  front  of  the  balcony, 
just  above  the  pillars,  appeared  in  large,  white  let- 
ters on  a  dark  sheet  the  following  inscription  : 


c     Nation     mourns. 


Under  this  scroll  was  a  neat  piece  of  heavy 
black  trimming.  The  interior  of  the  building  was 
similarly  dressed. 

Barnum's  Museum  deserves  a  place  among  the 
public  buildings  that  attracted  attention,  by  reason 
of  its  appropriate  draping  and  ornamentation ; 
white  and  black  rosettes,  streamers  of  black  and 
white  hangings,  trimmings,  <fec.,  were  to  be  seen 
in  abundance.  Over  the  Broadway  entrance  was 
an  elaborate  design  representing  a  tomb,  the  form 
of  which  was  an  urn  resting  on  a  large  pedestal, 
the  entire  affair  being  about  five  feet  high  and 
three  feet  wide.  On  the  urn  was  the  word 


[9] 

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"LINCOLN,"  and  on  the  pedestal  was  the  inscrip- 
tion : 


33  it  I  r  r    tut    pro    patriac    mori. 


St.  Paul's  Church  was  only  putting  on  its  garb 
of  woe  at  a  late  hour  Monday  afternoon.  The  pil- 
lars and  capitals  were  being  tastefully  hung  and 
intertwined  in  the  same  manner  as  the  hundreds 
of  other  buildings  throughout  the  city. 

The  Custom  House,  lately  decorated  in  such  a 
lively  and  appropriate  manner  in  honor  of  our 
victories,  presented  an  entirely  different  spectacle 
on  Monday.  The  rotunda  was  covered  with  "  the 
trappings  and  suits  of  woe."  The  massive  pillars 
were  enveloped  in  sable  garments,  and  the  panels 
likewise  mournfully  draped,  while  the  busts  of 
Washington,  Jackson,  Clay,  Scott,  and  Webster 
were  surrounded  with  folds  of  white  and  black 
muslin.  A  bust  of  the  martyred  President  stood 
out  in  bold  relief  in  a  prominent  position,  being 
entirely  divested  of  every  attempt  at  decoration. 
In  the  language  of  a  gentleman  who  was  asked  the 
reason  of  this  bareness  of  ornamentation,  "  No  dra- 
pery nor  sorrow-suggesting  emblems  are  needed 
around  such  a  statue.  The  thoughts  occasioned 
by  the  mere  view  of  that  face  are  sufficiently  sad- 


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dening,  without  the  assistance  of  any  mournful 
symbols." 

The  decorations  of  the  Post  Office  have  also  been 
changed  from  gay  to  grave.  The  flags  floating 
from  its  roof  were  yesterday  covered  with  crape, 
and  the  entire  interior  was  dressed  in  black. 

The  house  next  to  the  Herald  office,  in  Nassau 
street,  displayed  the  two  following  inscriptions : 


B  r  e  a  t    a  n  &    ij  o  o  a    man    fallen. 


continent     to  f  r  }j  s  . 


The  house  of  Protector  Engine  Company  No. 
22,  in  Chambers  street,  near  Centre  street,  was 
draped  with  black,  festooned  on  each  side  of  the 
entrance,  immediately  over  which  was  the 
emblem : 


f!~  I)  r    Nation    mourns    its    loss. 


Hose  Company  No.  28,  next  door  to  the  above, 
had  a  portrait  of  the  late  President  over  the 
entrance,  with  the  motto : 


J J '  r    mourn    i  I)  r    Nation's    loss. 


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The  house  of  Mutual  Hook  and  Ladder  Com- 
pany No.  1,  adjoining  the  latter,  was  draped  in 
black,  and  over  the  entrance  was  the  motto: 


assassin's  strobe  lint  mattes  (fir  fratrnvnl  bonir 
stronger. 


All  the  public  buildings,  court-houses,  <fec.,  in 
the  Park,  were  appropriately  draped,  also. 

She  fourth  Wanl. 

The  display  of  emblems  of  moiirning  in  the 
Fourth  Ward,  Monday,  was  pretty  general.  Alder- 
man Walsh's  house,  No.  48  Madison  street,  was 
tastefully  draped  with  black,  arranged  in  festoons 
from  window  to  window,  leaving  a  clear  space  in 
the  centre  for  the  figure  of  an  American  eagle 
covered  with  crape,  and  underneath  which  was 
placed  a  portrait  of  the  late  President,  framed  in 
black,  and  with  the  motto  : 


(Soft's    nofilest    toorfc,    an    jjoneot    man. 


The  store  of  Brooks  Brothers,  in  Catharine 
street,  also  deserves  notice  for  the  artistic  manner 
in  which  the  sable  streamers  were  arranged  in 
front  of  the  establishment.  The  Mariners'  Church, 
in  Madison  street,  had  its  flag  at  half-mast,  from 
which  drooped  a  long,  narrow,  black  pendant. 

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The  other  decorations  in  the  ward  were  not  of 
an  interesting  character. 

®to  JiftU  Ward. 

Each  street  in  this  ward  was  hung,  Monday,  with 
an  almost  continuous  festooning  of  mourning 
colors.  Even  in  the  poorest  portions  the  deep 
regret  for  the  nation's  loss  was  shown,  from  the 
humble  store,  with  its  simple  and  expressive  wreath 
of  immortelles  suspended  over  the  door,  to  the 
stately  building  clothed, 

In  every  casement 

From  garret  to  basement, 

with  the  melancholy  habiliments  of  woe.  Great 
taste  was  displayed  in  the  arrangement  of  the  fune- 
real colors  in  many  cases.  Passing  up  Broadway 
on  the  west  side,  the  establishment  of  Messrs. 
Loder  &  Co.  struck  the  eye  as  being  very  taste- 
fully draped.  Festoons  of  black  and  white  crape 
passed  from  window  to  window  in  each  store  of 
the  building,  looped  Avith  white  rosettes.  From 
the  highest  row  of  windows  streamlets  of  crape 
were  hung,  which  waved  to  and  fro  with  an  almost 
noiseless  rustle.  A.  finely  executed  engraving  of 
the  late  President,  placed  in  one  of  the  lower  win- 
dows, appropriately  draped,  attracted  general  at- 
tention. A  large  star,  formed  of  two  triangles  of 
black  crape,  formed  a  pleasing  contrast  to  the 
white  front  of  the  Tradesmen's  Bank.  G.  W. 


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Moore's  premises,  331  Broadway,  had  on  the  front 
a  large  St.  Andrew's  cross,  formed  of  two  bands 
of  black,  which  passed  from  opposite  corners.  At 
their  juncture  there  was  a  white  star,  which  showed 
exceedingly  well  on  the  dark  background.  The 
ingenious  manner  in  which  the  colors  were  inter- 
laced in  the  surrounding  of  the  pillars  at  341,  was 
worthy  of  notice.  In  Messrs.  Marshall,  Johnston 
&  Co.'s  window,  351  Broadway,  was  a  small  Avhite 
tomb,  on  which,  in  black  letters,  was  the  one  word, 
"  LINCOLN,"  surmounted  by  an  amaranthine  wreath. 
In  front  of  this  was  placed  a  Union  flag,  on  which 
Avas  thrown  a  laurel  wreath.  The  entire  of  the 
other  window  was  draped  with  black,  and  in  the 
centre,  placed  on  a  Avhite  marble  pedestal,  Avas  an 
elegantly  chiseled  bust  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  a  black 
scarf  passing  across  his  shoulders,  and  the  pedestal 
had  the  impressive  inscription  : 


©  u  r     .ftt  .1  r  t  ;»  r     JJresiBcnt* 


Over  "Ward  &  Co.'s  establishment,  387  Broad 
way,  is  the  large  inscription,  surrounded  with 
heavy  draping: 


|)  e    rest    tn    peace, 


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The  initials  of  the  late  President's  name  were 
carefully  worked  in  white,  on  black  rosettes,  loop- 
ing up  the  drapery,  over  Isaac  Sniith  &  Co.'s,  405 
Broadway.  Passing  down  Canal  street,  each  house 
had  some  proof  of  its  sorrow  exhibited.  In  St. 
John's  Park  the  brown  stone  pillars  of  the  church 
were  wound  round  with  black,  which  was  inter- 
woven with  the  scroll  work  of  the  capital.  The 
various  engine-houses  and  schools  in  this  ward  also 
bore  marks  of  mourning.  Along  Hudson  street, 
West  Broadway,  and  Church  street  every  house 
was  draped.  The  large  building  of  Messrs.  H.  B. 
Claflin  &  Co.,  passing  from  Church  street  to  West 
Broadway,  was  extensively  festooned  its  entire 
length.  The  Fifth  Ward  Hotel  and  American 
Express  building  followed  the  general  rule  of  dec- 
orating. A  handsome  flag,  fringed  and  looped 
with  black,  and  with  a  medallion  portrait  of  the 
late  President,  was  suspended  across  Duane  street, 
from  Mr.  Graham's  to  the  house  of  Messrs.  Den- 
nison,  Birde  <fe  Co.,  which  was  adorned  with  a 
large  double  star  of  black  and  white  crape,  which 
covered  the  entire  front  of  the  building.  In  the 
portions  of  this  and  the  Eighth  Wards,  where  the 
greatest  number  of  colored  people  reside,  the 
mourning  was  universal,  and  many  tasteful  decora- 
tions could  have  been  seen  there. 

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Throughout  the  entire  Sixth  Ward  the  residents 
seemed  to  vie  with  each  other  in  paying  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  the  late  President.  In  many 
places  the  streets  exhibited  one  continuous  line  of 
emblems  of  mourning.  The  humblest  dwelling,  as 
well  as  the  marble  palace,  had  its  emblem  of 
mourning — no  doubt  feeling  that  as  the  widow's 
mite  was  as  acceptable  to  our  Lord  as  the  rich 
man's  gift,  so  the  tribute  of  a  loyal  heart,  however 
humble,  was  grateful  to  the  nation  as  the  proudest 
display.  The  same  feeling  of  affection  which 
prompts  the  living  to  decorate  the  graves  of  the 
departed,  with  flowers,  and  instinctively  teaches 
how  to  group  them  Avith  the  greatest  effect, 
directed  the  efforts  of  the  citizens  to  arrange  the 
limited  materials  which  mourning  etiquette  allow- 
ed, to  the  best  advantage,  as  no  art,  except  accom- 
panied with  the  sincerest  affection,  could  accomplish 
such  an  effective  and  appropriate  display. 

The  east  side  of  Broadway,  from  Chambers  to 
Canal  street,  seemed  one  continuous  link  of  sable 
emblems.  Among  the  most  prominent  was  the 
wholesale  department  of  A.  T.  Stewart,  Esq.,  cor- 
ner of  Chambers  street  and  Broadway.  The  col- 
umns at  each  side  of  the  entrances  were  laced  with 
black  and  white  bands,  festooned  overhead  with 

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the  national  colors,  which  relieved  the  somber  hue 
of  death  to  a  great  extent,  and  from  the  upper 
story  of  the  building  large  streamers  hung  pend- 
ent. The  establishment  of  Halstead,  Haines  & 
Co.,  was  also  veiy  effectively  decorated,  the  massive 
pillars  at  the  entrance  being  laced  with  black,  and, 
except  the  absence  of  the  national  colors,  very  like 
Mr.  Stewart's  decorations.  Lathrop,  Ludington 
&  Co.'s  establishment  presented  a  very  neat 
appearance.  The  building  406  and  408  Broadway 
has  an  unique  appearance,  the  black  bands  de- 
scending from  the  figure  of  an  eagle  placed  on  the 
roof,  and  radiating  as  from  a  common  centre  to 
each  side.  Some  art  was  shown  in  the  decorations 
on  the  house  of  Messrs.  Phelps,  Jewett  &  Co., 
Canal  street  near  Broadway,  long  black  streamers 
being  arranged  so  as  to  form  the  outline  of  a  mas- 
sive funereal  urn,  with  the  base  running  along  the 
parapet,  over  the  entrance  and  top,  reaching  the 
eaves  of  the  building.  At  the  Sixth  Precinct 
Police  Station,  in  Franklin  street,  long  black  and 
white  streamers  fell  from  the  roof,  and  were  looped 
up  at  each  side  of  the  entrance. 

The  front  of  Fox's  Old  Bowery  Theatre  was 
nearly  hidden  beneath  the  lavish  display  of  draped 
flags  and  sable  and  white  streamers,  which  were 

looped  along  the  entire  front  of  the  edifice,  or  fes- 
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toonecl  from  pillar  to  pillar.  On  the  roof  stood 
three  flagstaff's,  from  which  hung  narrow  strips  of 
black  crape,  giving  them  a  lonely  and  deserted 
appearance. 

In  the  centre  of  the  building  was  a  large  por- 
trait of  the  President,  beneath  which  was  the 
motto : 


i!  r  r    in  o  u  r  n    t  ii  r    loss   of    an    flattest   titan. 


The  lamps  on  the  sidewalk  were  also  covered 
with  black. 

The  Atlantic  Garden,  in  the  Bowery,  was  draped 
with  black,  and  over  the  door  was  the  motto  : 


77'  t   mourn    t  (j  r   loss    o  I    our    JJrestttent, 

a  1)  r  a  Ij  a  m    Lincoln. 


At  No.  32|  Bowery  a  very  affecting  emblem 
was  displayed  in  the  window,  representing  the 
President's  grave,  surmounted  by  a  tombstone,  on 
which  were  the  words  "A.  LINCOLN,"  and  a  wreath 
of  immortelles. 

The  Atlantic  Savings  Bank,  in  Chatham  square, 
was  appropriately  decorated. 

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At  159  Chatham  street,  surrounded  by  mourn- 
ing emblems,  was  the  motto : 


art    me   trie  tj)e    a  r  a  t  ij    of  t  Ij  r   r  t  jj  (j  t  c  o  u  s . 
&H  « 1>    m  J?    last    e  n  tt    6  e    1 1  ft  e    j)  t  s . 


At  161  Chatham  street  the  streamers  of  black 
were  arranged  in  the  form  of  a  large  star,  which 
had  a  very  pleasing  effect. 

Sweeny's  Hotel,  corner  of  Chambers  and  Chat- 
ham streets,  showed  great  care  had  been  taken  in 
the  arrangement  of  the  mourning,  heavy  festoons 
being  continued  from  window  to  window  along 
the  two  first  tiers,  and  running  the  entire  length 
of  the  building. 

French's  Hotel,  corner  of  Chatham  and  Frank- 
fort streets,  also  showed  great  taste  had  been  dis- 
played in  its  ornamentation,  the  windows  in  each 
tier,  from  curb  to  roof,  being  connected  with  each 
other  by  black  drapery,  relieved  at  equal  distances 
by  heavy  square  folds  of  white. 

Like  Broadway,  Chatham  street  and  the  Bowery 
were  an  endless  succession  of  sable  emblems. 

The  house  of  Hose  Company  No.  15,  Elizabeth 
street,  was  tastefully  arrayed  with  sable  streamers, 
the  centre  window  over  the  entrance  being  deco- 


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rated  with  a  portrait  of  the  late  President  draped 
in  black. 

The  house  of  Mr.  Decker,  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Fire  Department,  next  door,  had  also  festoons  of 
black,  and  from  the  flagstaff  on  the  roof  hung  a 
large  Union  flag  at  half-mast. 


There  was  scarcely  a  house  in  this  ward  yester- 
day that  did  not  exhibit  some  emblem  of  mourn. 
ing.  All  along  Madison  and  Monroe  streets  this 
Avas  especially  the  case.  There  were  different 
quantities  of  muslin  displayed,  and  sometimes  it 
was  entirely  black;  sometimes  black,  with  Avhite 
rosettes;  sometimes  white  muslin  with  black  knots 
or  rosettes  ;  sometimes  white  and  black  strips  01 
muslin  intwined  or  looped  together;  sometimes 
there  was  only  a  little  white  and  black  ribbon  sus- 
pended from  the  door  handle.  While  this  was  the 
case  in  a  few  instances,  every  window  and  door,  in  a 
majority  of  cases,  were  profusely  draped  in  white 
and  black,  festooned  in  mournful  folds  across  the 
whole  front  of  the  dwelling.  It  was  rather  sti'ange, 
in  the  universal  display  of  mourning  exhibited  by 
the  citizens  of  the  Seventh  Ward  on  their  resi- 
dences, that  the  churches  and  public  schools  should 


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not  have  been  draped.  The  house  corner  of 
East  Broadway  and  Catharine  street,  had  the 
words, 


e     mourn     our     loss, 


extended  the  whole  length  of  the  building,  in 
large  capitals,  over  the  entrance.  The  letters  were 
on  a  white  ground.  The  flag  over  the  building 
was  draped,  as  well  as  the  building  itself.  Many 
of  the  firemen  wore  mourning,  and  the  whole 
aspect  of  the  place  was  one  which  suggested  deep, 
quiet,  impressive  sorrow.  The  houses  of  Engine 
Companies  No.  2  and  No.  0,  and  Hose  Companies 
No.  1  and  No.  20,  were  draped  in  mourning, 
from  eave  to  foundation.  The  flags  over  them  were 
in  all  cases  streaked  with  black,  or  looped  with 
black  crape,  and  the  flagstaffs  covered  with  it.  In 
short,  the  Seventh  Ward  presented  the  appearance 
of  a  place  in  which  it  might  be  said,  as  truly  in  one 
sense  as  it  ever  was  of  Egypt,  "  There  was  not  a 
house  in  which  there  was  not  one  dead ;"  for  the 
emblems  of  mourning  were  almost  universal,  and 
the  people  seemed  to  regard  the  death  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  as  if  death  had  carried  off  one  of  their  own 
members. 

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The  windows,  balconies,  railings,  and  doors  of  all 
the  private  houses,  as  well  as  the  business  estab- 
lishments of  this  ward,  bore  tokens  of  sadness, 
which  caused  a  feeling  of  desolation  to  pervade 
those  thoroughfares,  and  a  dark  shadow  of  grief 
to  be  reflected  on  the  face  of  each  of  our  citizens. 
Sable  ornaments  met  the  eye  everywhere.  Many 
private  houses  had  portraits  of  the  late  Mr.  Lin- 
coln suspended  from  the  upper  windows,  sur- 
rounded with  crape,  <fec.  Flags,  looped  with  crape, 
hung  across  the  streets,  and  drooped  from  tops  of 
churches  and  many  public  buildings.  West  Hous- 
ton street,  Spring  and  Prince  streets,  with  other 
portions  of  the  ward,  were  heavily  and  universally 
draped ;  there  was  little  variety,  however,  iu  the 
adornment.  On  Broadway,  Anson's  photographic 
establishment  was  extensively  draped,  and  over 
the  entrance  was  inscribed,  on  a  banner,  the  follow- 
ing suggestive  sentence : 


,  gencrons  Nation,  toeep, 
saS,  stoift  rrmobal  of  f)tm  uiljom  ?i.)ral)ni  iutrulgrnt 
sent  to  man.    <Too  goott  for  rartj),  to  Wr.ibrn  art  iljou  flrtr, 
antr  left  Hjr  Nation  in  tears. 


A  small  tomb  was  placed  over  571  Broadway, 

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well  thrown  out  by  a  black  background,  with  the 
one  word, 


©  2, 


inscribed  upon  it. 

A  similar  emblem  was  placed  over  Caine's,  549 
Broadway,  with 


2,  fi  K  ffi  ©  31  N, 
ffi  o  n  t ,    1)  u  i    not    forgotten. 


The  lamps  outside  Heller's  Salle  Diabolique, 
which  was  closed  until  after  the  obsequies,  were 
completely  covered  with  crape,  bearing  the  initials, 


i.  a. 


The  Broadway  Theatre,  which  was  also  closed, 
had  over  the  entrance  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  looped 
with  black  crape,  as  also  other  drapery. 

Messrs.  Ball,  Black  &  Co.,  567  Broadway,  was 
one  mass  of  streamers.  The  windows  were  covered 
with  black,  and  bands  passed  from  top  to  bottom 
of  the  house. 

The  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  Lord  &  Taylor's,  and 
others  were  also  draped  very  tastefully ;  but  a 


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want  of  any  attempt  at  variety  rendered  them  un- 
conspicuous. 


In  this  ward,  like  all  other  portions  of  the  city, 
a  general  feeling  of  deep  sorrow  pervaded  all 
classes  of  citizens.  Never  in  the  history  of  this 
country  have  the  people  of  all  religious  and  politi- 
cal parties  exhibited  such  manifestations  of  regret, 
as  at  the  great  calamity  which  has  fallen,  like  a 
funeral  pall,  upon  the  country.  Almost  every 
house  in  the  ward  was  draped  in  deep  mourning. 
The  churches,  with  few  exceptions,  discarded  the 
usual  Easter  decorations,  to  give  place  to  the 
emblems  of  death,  that  the  people  might  offer  up 
their  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  illus- 
trious deceased.  The  engine-houses  throughout 
the  ward  Avere  also  draped  in  mourning,  and  many 
of  the  firemen,  as  well  as  the  citizens  generally, 
wore  on  their  persons  mourning  badges,  to  more 
fully  attest  their  abhorrence  of  the  foul  and  brutal 
deed  which  had  robbed  the  nation  of  its  chosen 
Chief  Magistrate.  Many  of  the  mottoes  were  very 
affecting. 


ittartnr     JJ  r  r  s  t  tr  c  n  t , 


printed  on  small  white  satin  ribbons,  containing  a 


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small  picture  of  the  deceased,  seemed  to  be  a 
favorite  one  with  a  great  many,  while  others 
adopted  quotations  from  Hamlet,  appropriate  to 
the  tragic  event  which  has  thrown  the  whole 
American  people  into  the  profoundest  sorrow. 


Ward. 

The  display  of  mourning  upon  the  private 
houses  in  this  ward  was  the  principal  feature  in  it. 
In  some  localities  the  muslin  was  so  lavishly  fes- 
tooned in  front  of  the  buildings  that  it  covered 
one-half  their  area.  This  was  particularly  the 
case  in  the  localities  where  the  Germans  congre- 
gate and  dwell  most.  There  was  Allen  street,  for 
example,  from  Broome  to  Rivington  street.  It 
was  one  solemn  porch  in  appearance,  more  than  a 
street.  One  could  not  pass  through  the  more 
quiet  and  private  streets  of  the  Tenth  Ward 
without  being  solemnly  impressed,  and  having 
thoughts  constantly  of  death,  affliction,  graves, 
and  tombstones.  Grand  street  resembled  Broad- 
way in  its  sudden  transformation  from  gay 
attire  to  mourning.  Every  store  in  the  thorough- 
fare was  draped  —  some  of  them  with  great  taste. 
So  vast  was  the  quantity  of  cloth  used  for  mourn- 
ing in  the  Tenth  Ward,  that  there  was  not  a  bit  of 

white  or  black  muslin  to  be  had  in  any  of  the 
m 


LINCOLN      OBSEQTTIES. 


stores,  for   love    or   money.     One  store  had  the 
motto, 


SB?  r    mourn    for    t  f)  e    $J  r  o  y  I  c '  s    ffijjfrf. 


and  there  were  some  others  in  the  street  which 
displayed  mottoes  of  a  similar  nature.  The  Police 
Station-house  at  Essex  Market  was  very  tastefully 
draped.  The  windows  were  hung  around  with 
white  and  black  stripes  of  muslin  intertwined- 
These  were  bound  together  with  silken  crape,  and 
festooned  in  arches  one  to  the  other.  Rosettes  of 
white  and  black  muslin  decked  them  here  and 
there.  The  effect  was  extremely  solemn,  and  dis- 
played very  fine  taste.  The  house  of  Engine  Com- 
pany No.  8  was  draped  in  a  rather  peculiar  manner. 
It  was  hung  with  long  streamers  of  black  and 
white,  one  of  each  being  bound  loosely  together 
by  alternate  loops  of  white  and  black.  These 
hung  in  parallel  lines  all  across  the  building,  and 
above  them.  Depending  from  the  mouth  of  a 
zebra,  which  surmounts  the  engine-house,  were 
several  streamers  of  white  and  black  ribbon,  while 
surmounting  all  was  the  flag,  the  staff  dressed  in 
mourning,  and  the  colors  shaded  with  the  same 
somber  shade.  The  other  fire  companies  in  this 

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ward  Lad  their  houses  in  mourning,  and  all  were 
liberally  clad  in  their  solemn  habiliments. 


War*. 

In  the  Eleventh  Ward  there  was  a  general  expres- 
sion of  grief  by  the  German  population,  who  had 
all  their  houses  neatly  decorated  with  black  and 
white  drapery. 

There  are  very  few  public  buildings  in  this 
ward,  the  principal  ones  being  Engine  Company 
No.  44,  Union  Market,  and  Eleventh  Ward  Station 
house. 

Engine  Company  No.  44  had  their  house  very 
nicely  trimmed  with  black  and  white,  with  neat 
rosettes  set  in  the  centre  of  each  fold  of  the  drap- 
ing. In  the  centre  of  the  building  was  the  banner 
of  the  company,  draped  in  black  crape,  with  an 
appropriate  inscription. 

The  market  and  station-house  were  dressed  in 
a  very  similar  manner  to  the  other  buildings  in 
the  neighborhood,  with  no  inscriptions  or  mottoes. 
The  residence  of  the  Key.  Father  Mooney,  situated 
next  St.  Bridget's  Church,  comer  of  avenue  B  and 
Eighth  street,  was  in  deep  mourning. 

®kt  Sbbtenttb  Ward. 

The  draping  and  decorating  in  this  ward  were, 
perhaps,  not  quite  so  profuse  as  in  some  of  the 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


other  wards,  but  what  there  was  of  it  showed  that 
the  feelings  and  sympathies  of  the  citizens  of  the 
ward  were  not  less  deep  or  heartfelt  than  their 
more  demonstrative  neighbors.  A  great  many  of 
the  houses  in  this  ward  are  tenements,  and  in  the 
windows  of  many  of  these,  miniature  flags  and 
knots  of  black  and  white  ribbon  were  fastened. 
In  Norfolk  street,  the  house  of  Hose  Company  No. 
26  was  neatly  draped.  In  the  windows  of  No.  27, 
of  the  same  street,  curtains  of  black  and  white 
replaced  damask  and  Nottingham,  and  in  the  centre 
of  each  window  was  a  wheel  or  wreath  formed  of 
the  same  colored  ribbons.  At  the  residence 
immediately  opposite  this,  a  large  flag  was  dis- 
played at  half-mast,  while  the  doors  and  windows 
were  partially  covered  by  graceful  festoons  of 
black  crape.  Over  the  door,  on  a  black  ground, 
was  the  word, 


fi  X  ffi 


in  silver  letters.  On  many  of  the  other  residences 
in  this  street,  as  well  as  many  in  Suffolk,  Attorney, 
Ridge,  Lewis,  Groerck,  Division,  Broome,  Delancey, 
Rivington,  and  other  streets  in  the  neighborhood, 
the  emblems  of  mourning  were  displayed,  but  the 
style  of  hanging  was  not  much  varied. 

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The  house  of  Marion  Hose  Company  No.  24,  in 
Attorney  street,  was  trimmed  with  festoons  extend- 
ing and  depending  over  the  entire  front,  and  at  the 
upper  windows  was  fastened  a  strip  of  black,  bear- 
ing the  following  motto,  in  white  letters : 


W  o  it  a  r  r  &      in     ft  i  f  r  , 
Ktmcmfierclr     tit     "D  r  a  t  (j . 


The  school-houses  in  Rivington  and  Broome 
streets  were  conspicuous  for  the  style  of  their  drap- 
ings.  The  Thirteenth  Precinct  Station-house  was 
also  conspicuous;  between  the  windows  of  the 
second  story  a  fine  portrait  of  the  late  President, 
framed  with  black,  was  fastened,  while  ample  fes- 
toons of  black  and  white  fell  from  every  window 
in  the  house. 

In  Grand  street  there  was  scarcely  a  house  or 
store  that  was  not  more  or  less  draped.  The  oys- 
ter barges  lying  in  the  river,  between  East  and 
Delancey  streets,  were  all  festooned  with  the 
appropriate  colors,  and  the  vessels  along  the  docks 
all  carried  the  Stars  and  Stripes  at  half-mast,  while 
sable  streamers  floated  from  their  mast-heads. 


$&« 

Every  public  building  in  the  Fourteenth  Ward 
bore  some  allusion  to  the  national  calamity.     The 


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season  of  Easter  precludes  the  churches  from  dis- 
playing, to  any  great  extent,  the  garb  of  mourning ; 
but  most  of  the  entrances  to  those  edifices  were 
hung  around  with  mourning,  and  all  the  flags 
were  half-masted  and  trimmed  with  black.  Among 
the  stores  and  private  houses  mourning  was  general. 
The  establishment  of  Messrs.  L.  J.  &  I.  Phillips,  65 
Canal  street,  was  closed  until  after  the  funeral,  and 
hung  with  black.  Other  large  stores  in  the  same 
neighborhood  were  also  wholly  or  partially  closed. 
In  the  thronged  and  bustling  Bowery,  emblems  of 
death  met  us  at  every  step.  In  most  cases  the  drap- 
ery was  arranged  with  more  regard  to  quantity  than 
taste  ;  but  some  exceptions  must  be  made.  Francis 
&  Baldwin's,  No.  72,  was  remarkable  for  its  simplic- 
ity of  adornment.  A.  Rankin,  No.  96,  supplied  in 
effect  what  it  lacked  in  bulk ;  and  the  Oriental  Bank 
was  simply  and  prettily  dressed  out.  The  New 
Bowery  Theatre  was  of  course  closed.  The  boards 
on  which  the  gayly  printed  play-bills  are  usually 
exhibited,  were  painted  in  black ;  the  pillars  were 
intwined  with  black,  mourning  festoons  hung  from 
the  balcony,  and  the  banners  were  tied  up  with 
crape.  In  front  of  the  entrance  was  the  announce- 
ment, "  Closed,  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  the 
President."  Cook's,  No.  100  Bowery,  a  bright  red 
brick  building,  was  heavily  hung  with  black,  which 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


looked  all  the  more  somber  froni  the  contrast.     At 
the  Bowery  Savings  Bank,  the  word, 


i,  i  M  e  e  a  w , 


appeared  on  a  mourning  badge  in  the  centre,  second 
floor  window,  and  underneath  were  festoons  of 
crape.  Next  door  was  displayed  a  portrait  of  the 
late  President,  and  over  it  the  words : 


<ff>  H  r     ffi  o  H  n  t  r  i>     toerps. 

I  it     v~~.  a  °n    to  e    trust. 


Hallett  &  Bond's,  136  Bowery,  was  another 
instance  of  good  taste  and  spare  decoration.  Elly 
&  Zacharie,  210  Boweiy,  had  a  portrait  of  Mr. 
Lincoln  in  a  mourning  frame  suspended  above  the 
doorway,  and  festoons  of  black  depending  from  the 
window  bases.  Further  up  the  street  there  was  a 
transparency  of  a  dove,  bearing  an  olive  branch  in 
its  mouth,  and  underneath  the  words  : 


IV  r  q  u  i  r  s  c  n  t     in    p  a  c  r. 


The  portraits  of  the  late  President  and  Mr. 
Seward,  exhibited  in  the  print-shops,  were  gazed 
at  by  large  crowds. 


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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Passing  out  of  the  Bowery  into  Broadway,  the 
most  noticeable  feature  was  the  altered  aspect  of 
the  theatres  and  music  halls.  The  Olympic 
reminded  one  of  a  clock  that  had  stopped,  but 
whose  dial-plate  still  revealed  to  us  the  hour  at 
which  its  action  ceased.  The  theatre  was  closed 
and  draped  with  mourning,  but  Friday's  play-bills 
remained  undefaced  on  each  side  of  the  entrance. 
In  the  front  of  Niblo's  were  the  national  flags, 
intermingled  Avith  black  crape.  "  444 "  was  in 
deep  mourning,  and  the  lamp  pillars,  in  their 
sable  dress,  stood  on  each  side  of  the  doorway 
like  giant  mutes.  In  front  of  Wood's  Minstrels' 
hall,  the  lamp  pillars  were  turned  to  most  effective 
purpose.  Draped  in  black  crape,  and  studded 
with  silver  stars,  they  stood  up  like  imposing 
sarcophagi,  the  lamps  which  surmouuted  them 
being  so  covered  as  to  represent  funereal  urns. 
Upon  some  of  the  noble  marble  buildings  of 
Broadway,  the  sable  garb  of  mourning  sat  most 
impressively.  This  was  especially  the  case  where 
black  alone  had  been  used,  or  was  only  very 
sparingly  intermixed  with  white.  The  store  of 
Tomlinson,  Demarest  &  Co.  was  hung  with  black 
crape ;  No.  590  Broadway  (Wood  Brothers)  pre- 
sented a  beautiful  appearance.  The  Metropolitan 
Hotel  was  simply  decked  out,  and  the  draping  of 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


Tiffany  &  Co.,  No.  550  Broadway,  was  also  both 
simple  and  effective. 


Many  of  the  private  houses  in  this  ward  were 
decorated  in  a  most  becoming  manner.  Where 
there  were  balconies,  they  were  largely  made  use 
of  with  graceful  effect.  Mourning  trophies  of  elab- 
orate design,  were  displayed  in  some  of  the  first- 
floor  windows.  Among  the  most  beautiful  of 
these  designs  was  a  cross  of  white  flowers,  on  a 
background  of  black  crape,  at  No.  10  East  Four- 
teenth street.  The  Maison  Dor£e  had  a  mourning 
festoon  over  the  doorway.  In  the  Sixth  avenue 
quite  a  number  of  stores  were  closed  until  after 
the  funeral.  Jefferson  Market  was  hung  with 
black.  The  Amity,  the  Phoenix,  and  other  engine- 
houses,  were  in  mourning,  and  all  the  hotels  dis- 
played similar  tokens  of  woe.  Washington's 
monument,  in  Union  square,  was  appropriately 
draped.  In  future,  our  memory  of  the  one  will  be 
commingled  with  that  of  his  lamented  antitype, 
who  is  the  only  man  that  can  be  placed  beside  the 
illustrious  Father  of  our  Country. 


[IS] 


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©he  $ixt*«»tb  Ward. 

Throughout  the  whole  of  the  Sixteenth  Ward 
the  same  feeling  of  unaffected  sorrow  was  visible 
on  every  countenance.  In  traversing  the  ward, 
nothing  but  the  somber  emblems  of  death  met  the 
eye.  It  would  be  impossible  to  describe  in  detail 
the  decorations  on  public  and  private  buildings. 
Every  street  and  avenue  presented  one  unbroken 
line  of  crape  and  white  cloth,  arranged  according 
to  the  varied  tastes  of  the  citizens.  The  national 
emblem,  enshrouded  in  black,  was  suspended  from 
all  public  and  many  private  buildings,  and  the 
solemn  scene  was  one  well  calculated  to  inspire  the 
heart  with  awe.  In  many  of  the  windows,  pictures 
of  the  late  President  were  exposed  to  view,  and  it 
was  the  subject  of  general  remark  that  the  features 
bore  an  expression  of  deep  melancholy,  entirely  at 
variance  with  the  popular  idea  of  his  temperament. 
Pictures  of  the  deceased  President,  which,  a  few 
days  ago,  could  have  been  purchased  for  fifty  cents, 
readily  sold  for  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  so  eager 
were  the  public  to  secure  relics  of  the  great  man 
whose  memory  the  country  loves  to  honor. 


This   ward    demonstrated   its   respect    for   our 
lamented    President    in    the    draping    of  _  all   its 


LINCOLN      OB  SEQUI.ES. 


houses  and  stores,  and  general  display  of  flags  at 
half-mast. 

The  principal  buildings  in  the  ward,  are  the 
Cooper  Institute,  Tompkins  Market,  Seventh  Regi- 
ment Armory,  and  the  Mercantile  Library. 

The  Cooper  Institute  was  decorated  very  neatly. 
On  the  front,  over  the  arch  and  door,  were  streamers 
of  black  and  white  muslin,  and  in  the  centre  a  large 
star  made  of  black  and  white  crape,  witli  the 
initials, 


a.  a. 


Tompkins  Market  and  the  Seventh  Regiment 
Armory  were  draped  in  a  most  beautiful  manner. 
In  fact,  it  was  the  finest  we  noticed  in  the  ward.  All 
the  windows  of  the  regimental  drill-room  were 
covered  with  black,  and  each  cornice  set  off  the 
dressings  with  very  neat  black  and  white  rosettes. 
Each  company  room  was  adorned  in  a  similar  man- 
ner. The  flags  on  the  armory  were  at  half-mast,  and 
the  flagstaff's  were  covered  with  black  crape.  In 
fact,  the  taste  with  which  this  building  was  dressed 
exceeded  almost  any  place  we  had  seen. 

The  Mercantile  Library,  situated  in  Astor  place, 
and  all  the  stores  in  the  building,  were  in  deep 
mourning.  The  private  residences  in  Second 

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avenue  were  all  draped,  and  many  shrouded  flags 
from  the  windows  and  tops  of  the  houses,  all  half- 
masted  and  lined  with  black  crape. 

Among  those  we  noticed  in  Second  avenue  was 
house  No.  188,  which  was  very  neatly  decorated 
with  black  and  white  strings  extending  from  each 
window,  and  black  and  white  rosettes  in  each  cor- 
ner of  the  cornices.  In  the  parlor  windows 
might  be  seen  a  statue  of  the  Goddess  of  Liberty, 
holding  the  olive  branch,  the  frame  of  which  was 
draped  with  black  crape  and  white  rosettes,  with 
the  inscription : 


IE  n    efotr    to  r    trust. 


Want. 

Had  an  angel  of  death  visited  every  mansion  in 
this  region  of  wealth  and  fashion,  there  could  not 
have  been  more  tokens  of  his  presence,  embodied 
in  sable  drapery  and  symbolic  cerements,  than  ap- 
peared upon  the  stately  porticoes,  pillars,  and  win- 
dows of  its  palatial  buildings.  If  one  knew  not 
that  the  gloomy  ornamentation — sufficiently  mo- 
notonous to  tire  and  weaken  ordinary  vision — was 
intended  as  mourning  for  the  assassinated  Presi- 
dent, he  would  have  concluded  that  he  was  passing 
through  the  haunts  of  a  great  plague,  and  that 


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there  was  death  in  every  house.  The  ordinary 
signs  of  a  demise,  which  create  terror  and  sorrow 
among  those  who  first  see  in  them  the  mute  an- 
nouncement of  the  departure  of  a  relative  or  friend, 
were  observed,  step  by  step,  till  the  heart  became 
thrilled  by  the  emblems  of  human  dissolution,  with 
which  its  own  fate  was  inseparably  bound.  Crape 
besieged  brick  and  stone,  blinds  and  panels,  staffs 
and  porches,  roofs  and  stories,  till  it  seemed  that 
the  occupants  of  these  improvised  mausoleums  had 
surrendered  themselves  unconditionally  to  a  rep- 
resentative reign  of  death.  The  marble  and  bronze 
door-handles  were  vailed  in  crape  ribbons,  which 
hung  ominously  down,  almost  to  the  Brussels  rugs 
beneath,  and  from  the  oriels  above  were  suspended 
semicircular  curtains  of  sable  cloth,  serge,  or  al- 
paca. Occasionally  the  national  colors,  with  the 
"  field  "  up,  and  its  red  stripes  vainly  struggling  to 
escape  the  dark  hues  of  the  drapery  by  which  they 
were  rendered  as  gloomy  as  night,  hung  from  the 
parapets,  and  revealed  that  the  bereavement  was 
national.  If  the  display  was  not  seen,  its  variable 
character  could  not  be  realized.  To  behold  it  is 
to  know  that  there  can  be  art,  taste,  and  fashion 
in  the  shapes  of  the  drapery  by  which  death  is 
announced.  There  was,  of  course,  in  the  decora- 
tions of  some  of  the  streets  of  the  ward,  the  dull 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


routine  of  the  tiresome  festoons,  which  add  impos- 
ing emphasis  to  a  moving  catafalque  ;  but  the 
general  ornamentation  was  as  ingeniously  tasteful 
and  dissimilar  as  the  limits  of  appropriate  habili- 
ments could  jiistify.  There  were  urns  of  crape,  of 
faultless  models — such  as  once,  in  stone,  held  the 
ashes  of  Roman  nobles ;  there  were  bright-colored 
American  shields,  half-hidden  by  dark  rosettes, 
with  petals  of  Avhite  satin ;  there  were  broad 
sheets  of  crape  hung  in  neglige  shapes  down  from 
the  lofty  stories  to  the  breakfast  parlors  and 
"  studies ;"  there  were  miniature  flags,  running 
obliquely,  in  the  shape  of  a  St.  Andrew's  cross, 
with  broad  black  ribbons  and  robes  of  sable  loom- 
ing up  from  the  staffs  which  secured  them  ;  and 
there  were  photographic  portraits  of  the  murdered 
President  centred  in  a  labyrinth  of  beautiful  flags, 
shrouded  and  bordered  with  the  tokens  of  woe. 
It  was  this  aspect  of  variety  that  relieved  the 
monotony  of  ubiquitous  crape,  which  transformed 
for  the  hour  the  marble  and  brick  mansions  into 
lofty  monuments  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Lincoln. 

The  view  from  Union  square  upward  was  speci- 
ally solemn.  Looking  .toward  Fifth  avenue,  the 
eye  rested  on  miles  of  crape,  and  beheld  a  sad  but 
tasteful  picture  of  the  sorrow  which  the  emblems 
expressed.  All  the  hotels,  the  club-houses,  the 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


mansions,  the  statues,  the  fountains,  wore  robes  of 
varied  mourning,  or  were  decorated  with  sable 
tokens  of  the  national  loss.  From  piazza,  obser- 
vatory, windows,  and  roof,  the  dismal  and  chang- 
ing emblems  were  observed. 

The  various  club-houses  had  an  elaborate  and 
tasteful  display.  The  mansion  of  the  Loyal  League 
was  covered  with  crape  from  the  dormer  to  the 
lower  parlors,  the  windows  being  vailed  with 
shrouded  flags. 

The  New  York  and  the  Union  club-houses,  in 
Fifth  avenue,  were  ornamented  with  crape  and 
white  streamers,  the  pillars  and  porticoes  of  the 
former  building  being  festooned  with  dark  cloth. 

One  building — the  National  Academy  of  Design 
— seemed  naturally  in  mourning.  The  mosaic  sable 
stones  which  vary  the  front,  looked  at  first  sight 
like  the  general  tokens  which  appeared  every- 
where. But  a  closer  glance  and  a  knowledge  of 
the  edifice  revealed  the  mistake.  There  was,  how- 
ever, a  fine  display  of  drapery  over  the  entrance, 
which  was  artistically  and  profusely  extended  to 
the  upper  stories. 

In  the  Fifth  avenue,  almost  every  mansion  had 
some  emblem  of  the  nation's  loss.  Shields  of  crape, 
sable-covered  flags,  dark  ribbons  from  staffs  and 
balconies,  and  semicircular  decorations  of  the  same 

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LINCOLN      O15SEQUIE8. 


ominous   material,    were    suspended    from   every 
house. 

* 

The  exterior  and  interior  of  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Hotel  were  covered  with  crape  festoons,  and  in 
the  vestibule  arches  of  mourning  appeared.  Even 
the  street  clock  before  the  building  wore  an 
elongated  shroud. 

At  Irving  Hall — besides  profuse  spectacles  of 
mourning — appeared  the  inscription  : 


71)  r      a  t  r  a      tor      tijr      C,l  ii  i  a  n  . 

HHte    eJUaSffiKKCKEON, 
?i)r    toill    lilir    in    tfjr    Jtjravis    et    }>Is    CountrDtntit. 


The  Gramercy  Park  Hotel  was  very  beauti- 
fully and  tastefully  decorated. 

®b*  littrtwtrth  Ward. 

It  would  be  impossible  for  us  to  attempt  a 
description  of  the  symbols  of  mourning  which 
appeared  on  almost  every  house  in  the  Nineteenth 
Ward.  Cast  your  eyes  on  whatever  side  you 
might,  there  was  nothing  but  mourning  and  grief 
over  the  sad  and  melancholy  event. 

The  engine-houses  in  the  various  parts  of  the 
ward  were  tastefully  festooned  with  white  and 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES, 


black  cloth,  and  their  flags  at  half-mast,  draped  in 
mourning. 

The  female  and  primary  departments  of  Gram- 
mar School  No.  18,  in  Fifty -first  street,  were  deco- 
rated with  appropriate  emblems  of  grief,  as  were 
also  Grammar  Schools  No.  53,  in  Seventy-ninth 
street,  and  No.  27,  in  Forty-second  street ;  in  the 
latter  school  the  teachers  wore  a  badge  of  mourn- 
ing on  their  breasts. 

The  Ladies'  Home  United  States  General  Hos- 
pital, situated  on  the  corner  of  Fifty-first  street 
and  Lexington  avenue,  was  covered  with  mourn- 
ing, and  the  words, 


©  u  r     <£  <M  e  f     f)  a  s     fallen, 


appeared  on  the  front  of  the  main  building,  in 
large  black  letters.  The  hallways  leading  to  the 
different  wards  were  also  neatly  hung  in  black 
cloth,  and  every  soldier's  face  throughout  the 
building  depicted  grief  and  sorrow. 

Sfhe  Swntteth  Ward. 

The  principal  portion  of  this  ward  is  composed 
of  private  residences.  Those  places  were  nearly 
all  decorated  in  a  similar  manner.  Black  and 

white  fluttered  from  the  windows  in  mournful  pro- 
113] 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


fusion,  while  flags  and  streamers  were  hung  out 
in  many  instances.  The  effect  was  truly  solemn 
and  impressive.  As  the  different  houses  were 
nearly  all  similarly  decorated,  it  is  not  necessary 
to  particularize  them.  About  half  a  dozen  mot- 
toes were  noticeable  throughout  the  ward.  These 
were  as  follows : 


3D  e  a  t  j)     to     assassins. 


i)  e   iHrtnori?    of    ottr   ffifrent   JJrcsi&riit. 


A  general  feeling  of  intense  grief  seemed  to  per- 
vade the  masses  of  the  people,  while  the  mournful 
events  of  the  hour  were  the  theme  of  every  tongue. 
In  the  few  hotels  and  public  places  of  the  vicinity, 
groups  of  persons  congregated,  who  canvassed  the 
events  of  the  hour  with  stern  earnestness.  Along 
Sixth  and  Eighth  avenues,  which  are  the  principal 
business  quarters,  miniature  flags  and  appropriate 
drapery  were  suspended  from  over  the  doors  and 
windows.  All  seemed  to  vie  one  with  the  other  in 
paying  a  just  homage  to  the  memory  of  one  who 
was  esteemed  as  an  excellent  President  and  an 
honest  man. 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


Passing  up  the  Fiftli  avenue,  one  could  not  help 
being  struck,  amidst  the  rushing  and  rumbling  of 
fashionable  equipages,  with  the  almost  general 
mourning  appearance  of  the  place.  Almost  every 
house  manifested,  in  some  way  or  other,  the  deep 
and  heartfelt  grief  of  its  occupants  for  our  great 
national  loss.  Some  houses  were  covered  with 
masses  of  heavy  drapery,  almost  shutting  out  the 
rays  of  the  sun.  Others,  again,  presented  a  more 
modest,  but  perhaps  not  less  deep  sorrow. 

A  great  many  houses  in  the  fashionable  portions 
of  this  ward  were  not  attired  in  mourning  up  to 
five  o'clock  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  but  men  could  be 
seen  busily  engaged  on  them,  arranging  the  fune- 
real devices.  Amongst  the  poorer  classes  through 
this  ward  the  feeling  of  sorrow,  if  not  so  expen- 
sively expressed  at  it  was  by  its  more  favored  fel- 
low-citizens, was  nevertheless  as  feelingly  and 
touchingly  depicted.  A  single  rosette  or  streamer 
of  mourning  here  and  there,  in  front  of  some  hum- 
ble dwelling,  told  at  a  glance  the  feeling  that  per- 
meated the  poor  as  well  as  the  rich.  It  would  be 
impossible  to  particularize  all  the  houses  that  dis- 
played moxirning  in  this  ward,  because,  as  first  above 
stated,  many  of  the  decorations  were  about  to  be 
put  up,  and,  secondly,  from  the  extent  of  the  ward. 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


In  this  locality  a  large  number  of  the  houses  had 
appropriate  mourning  insignia.  The  decorations 
of  sorrow  were  similar  to  those  in  the  other  up- 
town districts  of  the  city.  Muslin  was  suspended 
from  the  windows  and  over  the  doors,  while 
rosettes  of  black  and  white  mingled  with  the  gene- 
ral funereal  decorations.  The  inhabitants  of  the 
Twenty-second  showed  their  feelings  of  genuine 
sympathy  and  sorrow  by  the  profuse  manner  in 
which  they  decorated  their  houses.  There  was 
scarcely  a  dwelling  that  had  not  some  emblem  of 
the  universal  grief. 

Besides  the  above  popular  displays,  we  should 
mention  the  fact  that  badges  were  to  be  seen  on 
thousands  of  our  people,  male  as  well  as  female ; 
and  many  other  modes  of  exhibiting  the  universal 
sentiment  of  regret  were  adopted.  The  public 
mind  continued  to  be  engrossed  with  the  subject, 
and  though  business  to  a  considerable  extent  was 
resumed,  the  excitement  showed  little  sign  of 
abatement. 

Wall   £t*ttt, 

Though  alive  with  busy  men,  did  not  portray  its 
usual  active  aspect.     Men  gathered  in  groups  on 

street  corners,  and  conversed  not  of  the  price  of 

100 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


gold  or  the  "  corner  in  Erie,"  but  upon  the  great 
and  sad  event  now  convulsing  the  community  with 
anguish.  Many  of  the  brokers  left  the  street  at  an 
early  hour  to  superintend  the  draping  of  their 
residences  with  suitable  emblems  of  woe.  Though 
there  was  no  public  meeting,  yet  unprompted 
gatherings  of  people,  ranging  from  twenty  to  one 
hundred  in  number,  were  of  frequent  occurrence ; 
addresses  would  be  made  by  nearly  every  man 
capable  of  expressing  a  clear  thought,  and  thus 
Wall  street  may  be  said  to  have  been  a  vast  arena 
for  popular  sentiment. 


101 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


^rnwat  in 

During  the  whole  of  Tuesday,  April  18,  the 
remains  of  the  deceased  President  lay  in  state  in 
the  East  Room  of  the  White  House,  and  were 
visited  by  many  thousands,  representing  all  classes 
of  the  population,  while  many  thousands  more 
were  turned  away,  unable  to  obtain  admission. 
The  scene  inside  the  White  House  was  deeply 
impressive.  The  room  was  heavily  draped  in 
mourning,  and  upon  a  catafalque,  in  the  centre  of  the 
room,  lay  the  coffin  containing  the  remains.  The 
coffin  was  covered  with  black  cloth,  heavily  fringed 
with  silver,  with  four  silver  medallions  on  each 
side,  in  which  were  set  the  handles.  The  upper 
third  of  the  coffin,  lined  with  rich  white  satin,  was 
thrown  back  so  as  to  reveal  the  head  and  bust. 
A  guard  of  honor,  composed  of  Major-General 
Hitchcock,  Brigadier-General  Eaton,  and  a  number 
of  other  officers,  of  all  grades,  representing  all 
branches  of  the  military  and  naval  service,  all  in 
full  dress,  were  on  duty  in  the  room.  Upon 
approaching  the  catafalque,  the  mourners  separated, 
proceeding  singly  on  either  side  of  the  raised  plat- 
form, which  constituted  the  base  of  the  catafalque, 

passing  from  the  foot  to  the  head  of  the  coffin,  and 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


each  lingering  for  only  a  second  to  look,  for  a  last 
time,  on  those  loved  features.  Many  wept  audibly, 
and  much  genuine  emotion  Avas  exhibited.  Indeed, 
one  of  the  most  marked  features  of  the  day  was 
the  universality  of  the  mourning.  On  all  sides 
and  in  all  directions,  were  the  unmistakable  signs 
of  heavy  hearts,  borne  down  with  sorrow,  and  car- 
rying a  heavy  load  of  grief. 

On  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  April  19,  the 
funeral  services  were  held  at  the  White  House. 
About  six  hundred  persons  were  admitted  to  the 
room,  where  the  body  lay  as  heretofore  described, 
the  head  resting  towards  the  north.  From  the 
entrance  door  at  the  northwest  end  of  the  room 
were  placed  the  pall-bearers  ;  next,  the  representa- 
tives of  the  Army ;  then  the  Judiciary ;  at  the 
corner,  the  Assistant  Secretaries  of  the  Depart- 
ments. First,  on  the  eastern  line,  the  Governors 
of  the  States ;  next,  the  Diplomatic  Corps ;  then, 
the  ladies  of  the  Cabinet  Ministers ;  next,  the 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court ;  next,  in  the  cen- 
tre, and  in  front  of  the  catafalque,  stood  the  new 
President,  Andrew  Johnson,  and  behind  him  the 
Cabinet  Ministers.  The  members  of  the  Senate 
joined  their  left,  the  House  came  next,  while  the 
remainder  of  the  space  was  occupied  by  various 
other  delegations.  In  the  centre  were  seated  the 


103 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


officiating  clergy  and  the  mourners,  consisting  of 
the  late  President's  two  sons,  his  private  Secre- 
taries, and  the  members  of  his  household.  At 
twelve  o'clock  the  services  were  commenced,  by  the 
reading  of  a  portion  of  the  Scriptures,  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Hall,  Episcopalian,  after  whicli  prayer  was  offered 
by  the  Rev.  Bishop  Simpson,  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Gurley,  Presbyterian,  then 
delivered  an  eloquent  and  impressive  address,  after 
which  a  closing  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Gray,  Baptist.  The  remains  were  then  removed 
to  the  hearse,  which  stood  in  front  of  the  Execu- 
tive Mansion,  and  at  two  o'clock  the  procession 
was  formed. 

First  in  the  order  of  procession  was  a  detach- 
ment of  colored  troops ;  then  followed  white  regi- 
ments of  infantry  and  bodies  of  artillery  and  cav- 
alry ;  navy,  marine,  and  army  officers  on  foot ;  the 
pall-bearers  in  carriages  next;  the  hearse,  drawn 
by  six  white  horses,  the  coffin  prominent  to  every 
beholder.  Then  followed  the  President  and  Cabi 
net,  the  Diplomatic  Corps,  Members  of  Congress, 
Governors  of  States,  the  delegations  from  the 
various  States,  fire  companies,  civic  associations, 
the  clerks  of  the  various  departments,  and  others, 
followed  by  many  carriages,  all  closing  up  with  a 
large  number  of  colored  men.  This  was  the  largest 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


funeral  procession  that  ever  took  place  in  Wash- 
ington. One  hour  and  a  half  was  occupied  in 
passing  a  given  point.  It  was  in  the  highest 
degree  imposing,  and  many  thousands  of  hearts 
'throbbed  in  unison  with  the  solemn  dirges,  as  the 
procession  slowly  moved  upon  its  way.  Upon  the 
arrival  of  the  procession  at  the  east  front  of  the 
Capitol,  the  coffin  was  borne  to  the  centre  of  the 
rotunda.  President  Johnson  stood  at  the  foot  of 
the  coffin,  surrounded  by  a  throng  of  Senators  and 
high  military  officers,  and  others.  Dr.  Gurley, 
standing  at  the  head  of  the  coffin,  uttered  a  few 
brief  and  most  impressive  remarks,  chiefly  in 
solemn  words  of  Scripture,  consigning  the  ashes, 
once  animated  by  the  soul  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN, 
to  their  original  dust.  Thus  ended  the  solemn 
services  of  the  day. 


[14] 

105 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


the  DWJ  [IQtfc]  in 


The  following  proclamation,  was  issued  by  the 
Mayor  : 

MAYOR'S  OFFICE,  NEW  YOKE,  April  18,  1865. 

In  accordance  with  the  proclamation  of  the  Governor  of 
the  State  and  the  general  consent  of  the  people,  L,  C.  God- 
frey Gunther,  Mayor  of  the  city  of  New  York,  do  hereby 
respectfully  recommend  that  "Wednesday,  the  19th  day  of 
April  instant,  being  the  day  designated  for  the  funeral  of 
the  late  lamented  President  of  the  United  States,  and  Thurs- 
day, the  20th  instant,  the  day  appointed  by  the  Governor 
as  a  day  of  humiliation  and  prayer,  in  place  of  joy  and  con- 
gratulation, be  observed  with  the  solemnity  that  the  mourn- 
ful occasion  inspires,  and  that  places  of  business,  public  and 
private,  be  closed  throughout  the  city,  and  that  on  Thurs- 
day religious  services  be  celebrated  appropriate  to  those 
feelings  that  now  fill  all  hearts  with  grief  and  anguish. 

C.  GODFREY  GUNTHER,  Mayor. 

And  the  following  order  by  General  Peck  : 
GENERAL  ORDER-NO,  so. 

HEADQUARTERS,  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  EAST,  ) 
NEW  YORK  CITY,  April  18,  1865.  j 

By  direction  of  the  War  Department  there  will  be  fired  at 
twelve,  M.,  on  Wednesday,  April  19,  being  the  day  of  the 

106 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


funeral  of  the  late  President  of  the  United  States,  twenty- 
one  minute  guns,  from  all  forts,  posts,  and  the  Military 
Academy. 

The  flags  at  all  military  posts,  stations,  forts,  buildings 
and  vessels  will  be  kept  at  half-stafl^  and  labor  will  also  be 
suspended  at  all  posts  and  public  works  during  the  day. 

By  command  of 

Major-General  PECK. 

D.  T.  VAX  BUKEN,  Colonel  and  A.  A.  General. 

In  accordance  with  the  foregoing  proclamation, 
and  in  obedience  to  public  sentiment,  business 
was  entirely  suspended  throughout  the  city.  At 
twelve  o'clock,  the  hour  appointed  for  the  funeral 
services  in  Washington,  nearly  all  the  churches 
were  opened  and  thronged  by  devout  and  atten- 
tive audiences.  The  services  in  each  of  the 
churches  were  of  the  most  solemn  and  impressive 
order,  and,  to  many  of  the  audiences,  it  seemed  as 
if  the  funeral  was  actually  taking  place  before 
them.  The  heavy  mourning  draperies,  the  solemn 
requiems,  the  impressive  prayers,  the  eloquent  dis- 
courses, all  combined  to  render  the  scene  one  long 
to  be  remembered.  Throughout  the  entire  day  a 
Sabbath  stillness  prevailed,  broken  only  by  the 
solemn  tolling  of  the  bells  and  the  firing  of  minute 
guns,  as  the  hour  arrived  when  the  funeral  cortege 

107 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


was  to  take  up  its  line  of  march  from  the  White 
House. 

The  following  day  (the  20th)  was  also  observed 
as  a  day  of  fasting  and  humiliation.  Business  was 
again  almost  entirely  stispended,  and  many  of  the 
churches  were  opened  for  religious  services. 

On  Friday,  the  21st,  business  began  to  be  in  a 
measure  resumed.  The  stores  were  opened,  but 
still  but  little  business  was  actually  done,  except 
in  the  making  of  preparations  for  the  reception  of 
the  remains  in  this  city.  Meetings  of  various  socie- 
ties and  other  bodies  were  held,  and  appropriate 
resolutions  adopted. 

The  Committee  appointed  at  the  meeting  of  the 
citizens  held  in  "Wall  street  on  the  1  5th,  assembled 
at  the  Custom  House,  and  adopted  the  following 
resolutions  : 


,  That  the  citizens  of  New  York  will  regard  it 
alike  as  a  privilege  and  a  duty  to  take  part  with  the 
municipal  and  other  public  bodies  in  rendering  suitable 
honors  to  the  remains  of  the  late  President  of  the  United 
States,  while  in  transit  through  the  city,  on  Tuesday 
next. 

ViO'Joh'Cil,  That  with  the  view  to  give  a  fitting  expression 
of  the  universal  sentiment  entertained  of  the  exalted  public 
character  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  the  excellence  of  his  per- 
sonal attributes,  the  following  programme  of  arrangements 
be  adopted  : 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


1.  That  the  citizens  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn  engaged 
in  the  pursuits  of  commerce,  letters,  and  the  arts,  and  all 
industrial  professions,  be  requested  to  assemble  at  Union 
square,  on  Fourteenth  street,  between  Broadway  and  Uni- 
versity place,  on  Tuesday,  the  25th  instant,  at  an  hour  to  be 
hereafter  named. 

2.  That  proper  arrangements  be  made  for  the  performance 
of  religious  exercises,  and  the  delivery  of  an  address  appro- 
priate to  the  occasion. 

3.  That  all  the  organizations  of  private  clubs  be  invited 
to  take  part  in  these  ceremonies,  under  their  officers,  and  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  most  agreeable  to  themselves. 

4.  That  a  committee  of  twenty-five  be  appointed  by  the 
Chair  to  carry  into  eifect  the  proposed  arrangements. 

'lie?  dived,  That  Hon.  J.  A.  King  be  appointed  to  preside 
over  the  assemblage  in  Union  square. 


,  That  it  is  the  desire  of  this  Committee  that 
Hon.  George  Bancroft  be  invited  to  deliver  the  address  on 
Tuesday  next,  and  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed 
to  wait  upon  Mr.  Bancroft  and  urge  his  acceptance  of  the 
appointment,  consisting  of  Mr.  Sloan,  Mr.  Marshall,  and 
Mr.  Sturges. 


,  That  the  Committee  desire  so  to  arrange  their 
part  of  these  solemn  duties,  as  to  conform  with  such  arrange- 
ments as  may  be  made  by  the  municipal  authorities,  and 
that  a  committee  of  three  members  be  appointed  to  com- 
municate this  resolution  to  the  Joint  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  —  the  committee  to  consist  of  B.  W.  Bon- 
ney,  Frank  E.  Howe,  and  Douglas  Taylor. 

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The  following  gentlemen  were  then  appointed 
as  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  : 

WILLIAM  T.  BLODGETT  CHAIRMAN. 

A.  T.  STEWART,  JOHN  A.  DIX, 

JONATHAN    STURGES,  PROSPER  M.  WETMORE, 

SIMEON  DRAPER,  ROBERT  S.  HOWE, 

EDWARDS    PIERREPONT,  BENJAMIN  W.  BONNET, 

MOSES  H.  GRINNELL,  CHARLES  G.  CORNELL, 

SAMUEL  SLOAN,  SAMUEL  WETMORE, 

EDWARD  MINTURN,  OLIVER  K.  KING, 

WILLIAM  M.  TWEED,  L.  M.  WINCHESTER, 

JOHN  JACOB  ASTOR,  JR.,  T.  W.  WORTH, 

DOUGLAS  TAYLOR,  ISAIAH  HEDDEN, 

WILLIAM  E.  DODGE,  M.  W.  COOPER, 

ISAAC  BELL.  THOMAS  0.  ACTON. 

The  following  proclamation  was  issued  by  the 
Mayor  on  Saturday,  the  22d  of  April : 

MAYOR'S  OFFICE,  NEW  YORK,  April  22,  1865. 

The  affectionate  regard  and  honor  paid  to  the  memory  of 
our  late  lamented  Chief  Magistrate,  by  the  people  of  New 
York,  give  assurance  that  the  relics  of  departed  greatness 
will  receive  in  this  city  the  mournful  tributes  of  sincere  and 
respectful  grief.  On  Monday  and  Tuesday  next  the  cere- 
monies will  take  place  here,  as  the  remains  are  passing  io 
the  tomb,  and  you  will  be  duly  advised  of  the  disposition 
therefor  made  by  the  authorities. 

In  conformity  with  a  resolution  of  the  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
solemnization  of  the  funeral  obsequies,  I,  C.  Godfrey  Gun- 
ther,  Mayor  of  the  city  of  New  York,  do  hereby  respect- 
no 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


fully  request  the  people  thereof  to  suspend  their  regular 
avocations  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  next,  and  that  all  secu- 
lar business  cease.  Let  us  observe  these  days  with  a  deep 
sense  of  duty,  mindful  of  what  we  owe  to  the  dead  and  not 
forgetful  of  the  living;  and  while  expressing  our  sorrow  by 
every  symbol  of  mourning  and  all  the  pageantry  of  love,  let 
us  honor  the  dead  still  more  worthily  by  utterly  eradicating 
from  our  hearts  the  heathenish  and  atrocious  spirit  of  revenge 
— the  cause  of  the  heinous  deed  to  which  he  fell  a  victim — 
as  repugnant  to  the  maxims  of  religion  and  the  principles 
of  civilization,  on  which  social  order,  national  liberty,  and 
the  happiness  of  mankind  depend. 

C.  GODFREY  GUNTHER,  MAYOR. 

During  all  this  time,  and  until  after  the  funeral 
in  New  York,  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  were  industriously  engaged  in  mak- 
ing preparations  for  the  proper  observance  of  the 
funeral  obsequies,  holding  almost  constant  sessions. 
The  manner  in  which  those  obsequies  were  con- 
ducted shows  for  itself  how  faithfully  they  per- 
formed the  mournful  duties  intrusted  to  them. 

It  having  been  concluded  to  convey  the  Presi- 
dent's remains  to  Illinois  for  interment,  the  pro- 
gramme for  their  transportation,  as  arranged  by 
the  authorities  in  Washington,  was  announced,  as 
follows : 

The  remains  will  leave  Washington  at  8,  A.M.,of  Friday, 
the  21st,  and  arrive  at  Baltimore  at  10  o'clock. 

in 


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Leave  Baltimore  at  3,  P.M.,  and  arrive  at  Harrisburgh  at 
8:20,  P.  M. 

Leave  Harrisburgh  at  12,  M.,  22d,  and  arrive  at  Philadel- 
phia at  0:30,  P.M. 

Leave  Philadelphia  at  4,  A.M.,  of  Monday,  24th,  and 
arrive  at  New  York  at  10,  A.M. 

Leave  New  York  at  4,  P.M.,  of  the  25th,  and  arrive  at 
Albany  at  11,  P.M. 

Leave  Albany  at  4,  P.M.,  of  Wednesday,  the  26th,  and 
arrive  at  Buffalo  at  7,  A.M.,  of  Thursday,  the  27th, 

Leave  Buffalo  at  10:10,  the  same  day,  and  arrive  at 
Cleaveland  at  7,  AM.,  of  Friday,  the  28th. 

Leave  Cleaveland  at  midnight,  same  day,  and  arrive  at 
Columbus  at  7:30,  A.M.,  of  Saturday,  29th. 

Leave  Columbus,  8,  P.M.,  same  day,  and  arrive  at  Indiana- 
polis at  7,  A.M.,  of  Saturday,  30th. 

Leave  Indianapolis  at  midnight,  of  same  day,  and  arrive 
at  Chicago  at  11,  A.M.,  of  Monday,  May  1. 

Leave  Chicago  at  9:30,  P.M.,  of  May  2,  and  arrive  at 
Springfield  at  8,  A.M.,  of  Wednesday,  May  3. 


fotmwjj  to 

In  accordance  with  the  programme,  the  funeral 
cortege  left  Washington  on  the  morning  of  Friday, 
the  21st,  passing  through  the  places,  and  at  the 
times  designated.  At  every  station,  and  all  along 
the  line  of  the  railroad,  the  whole  population 
turned  out  to  view  the  passing  train,  and  stood 
uncovered  as  it  sped  on  its  way.  Everywhere 
were  to  be  seen  the  emblems  of  a  nation's  grief. 


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At  Baltimore,  Harrisburgh,  and  Philadelphia, 
where  the  remains  were  allowed  to  lie  in  state, 
crowds  flocked  to  gaze,  for  the  last  time,  on  the 
features  of  their  late  Chief  Magistrate. 

She  ^tttytwn  at  the  Htmftiu#  in  pew  $J0*fe. 

The  train  containing  the  remains  of  the  late 
President,  left  the  Kensington  depot,  Philadelphia, 
at  a  few  minutes  before  four  o'clock  on  the  morn- 
ing of  Monday,  the  24th.  The  train  consisted  of 
nine  elegant  cars,  all  appropriately  decorated.  On 
reaching  the  State  line,  Governor  Parker,  of  New 
Jersey,  came  on  board,  accompanied  by  his  staff. 
As  the  train  passed  through  the  various  cities  on 
the  line  of  the  railroad,  the  people  turned  out  en 
masse,  to  view  its  passage,  while  bells  were  tolled 
and  minute-guns  were  fired.  At  Jersey  City  at 
an  early  hour  the  balconies  running  round  the 
interior  of  the  spacious  depot,  were  filled  with  spec- 
tators. The  depot  was  tastefully  dressed  in 
mourning,  arranged  in  diagonal  patterns  of  black 
and  white,  and  at  the  eastern  end  of  the  building 
was  the  inscription : 

33  e    stilt,    a  n  a    ft  it  o  ui    t  t)  a  t    £-    am    ffif  o  B  . 

[15] 

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At  the  other  end  were  the  words : 


Nation's    31)  r  ,1  r  i    to  a  s    struck, 
^  j)  v  i  I     15,     1865. 


On  the  feiTy-house  was  the  motto : 


«G35©;&<EE    ffBraSffilOfffiCiDX    t^e   JFatScr, 

S3  33  U  S3  ?B  21  tfl    3L«Kfffi©3lX,    t  j)  e    Sabtour 

<D  f     j)  t  s     Couirtrn. 


The  exterior  of  the  depot  was  also  draped,  and 
the  clock  was  stopped  at  twenty-two  minutes  past 
seven,  the  hour  at  which  the  President  died.  At 
the  western  end  of  the  depot,  close  to  the  entrance 
through  which  it  was  arranged  the  funeral  cortege 
should  pass,  one  of  the  tracks  was  boarded  over 
from  platform  to  platform,  so  as  to  give  abundant 
room  for  the  removal  of  the  body  from  the  funeral 
car,  while  the  platforms  were  guardedrby  detach- 
ments from  the  Second  and  Sixth  Regiments. 
Outside  the  depot,  at  every  place  along  the  track 
where  a  view  of  the  train  could  be  obtained,  the 
crowd  collected.  Among  the  earliest  official  arri- 
vals, were  Brigadier-General  Hatfield,  of  the  Hud- 
son Brigade,  and  Hon.  Chauncey  M.  Depew, 
Secretary  of  State  for  New  York,  to  whom,  owing 

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to  the  unavoidable  absence  of  Governor  Fenton, 
was  deputed  the  task  of  receiving  the  body  in  the 
name  of  the  Empire  State.  Shortly  after  nine 
o'clock,  various  New  Jersey  delegations  were 
admitted  to  the  depot,  and  also  several  German 
singing  societies,  who  were  arranged  along  one 
of  the  platforms. 

At  precisely  ten  o'clock,  the  sound  of  a  minute- 
gun  was  heard,  and  in  a  few  seconds  the  pilot 
engine  came  in  sight.  Then  every  head  was  un- 
covered as  the  train  entered  the  depot.  The  guard 
of  honor  and  other  officials  immediately  alighted, 
and  the  coffin  was  removed  from  the  funeral  car  by 
four  sergeants  of  the  Veteran  Keserve  Corps,  while 
the  choral  societies  commenced  to  chant  the  dirge 
known  as  "Integer  Vita3."  A  body  guard  of 
twenty-five  sergeants  of  the  Veteran  Reserve 
Corps  surrounded  the  coffin. 

Before  the  last  notes  of  the  funeral  dirge  were 
ended,  the  coffin  was  raised  on  the  shoulders  of 
ten  stalwart  veterans,  and  the  order  of  procession 
was  formed. 

First  walked  General  Dix  and  General  Sand- 
ford  ;  next,  the  undertakers  and  General  Dix's 
staff;  then  came  the  corpse,  flanked  by  the  body 
guard,  with  drawn  swords,  and  followed  in  irregu- 
lar order,  by  the  various  officials  present. 

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Moving  down  the  north  platform,  at  which  the 
train  was  drawn  tip,  toward  the  eastern  end  of 
the  building,  the  procession  wound  round  and 
moved  up  the  next  platform,  and  so  out  at  the 
western  entrance  of  the  depot,  the  choral  societies, 
meanwhile,  singing  the  choral,  "Kest  in  the 
Grave."  At  the  entrance  of  the  depot  the  coffin 
was  deposited  in  the  hearse,  and  then,  in  solemn 
silence,  broken  only  by  the  booming  of  minute- 
guns,  and  the  tolling  of  the  bells,  the  procession 
moved  through  the  crowded  streets  of  Jersey  city, 
to  the  ferry.  The  ferry-boat,  "  Jersey  City,"  was  in 
readiness  to  transport  the  funeral  party  across  the 
river.  The  boat  was  appropriately  dressed  in 
mourning.  Over  the  pilot  house  and  along  the 
cabins  were  stretched  folds  of  crape,  while  the 
flags  hung  at  half-mast  from  their  staffs.  On  board 
the  boat  were  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of 
New  York,  and  various  other  officials,  and  others. 

Looking  up  and  down  the  North  river  the  scene 
was  peculiarly  impressive,  as  the  "Jersey  City" 
slowly  crossed.  Far  as  the  eye  could  reach,  in 
every  direction,  were  to  be  seen  the  silent  emblems 
of  a  nation's  grief,  in  the  mourning  devices  and 
half-mast  flags  which  were  every  where  visible.  As 
the  "Jersey  City"  neared  her  wharf  at  the  foot  of 
Desbrosses  street,  the  German  societies  on  board 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


commenced  a  funeral  ode  from  the  first  book  of 
Horace,  which  was  rendered  with  solemn  effect. 
The  scene  at  the  foot  of  Desbrosses  street  was  most 
imposing.  Every  available  space  of  vision  in  the 
neighborhood  was  occupied  with  a  dense  crowd, 
all  eyes  being  turned  toward  the  approaching 
steamer. 

The  Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard,  Colonel 
Emmons  Clark,  which  had  been  selected  as  the 
escort,  arrived  on  the  ground  about  half-past  nine 
o'clock.  The  street,  from  its  commencement  at  the 
ferry  to  its  jimction  at  Hudson  street,  was  promptly 
cleared,  and  the  space  kept  open  until  the  arrival 
of  the  funeral  party.  Inspector  Carpenter  was  also 
present  with  a  large  force  of  policemen,  who  ren- 
dered efficient  service  in  maintaining  order. 

A  few  minutes  before  eleven  o'clock,  the  firing  of 
guns  and  the  tolling  of  bells  announced  the  near 
approach  of  the  "Jersey  City,"  and  within  a  short 
time  thereaftei'.the  boat  glided  into  the  slip.  The 
German  societies  from  Hoboken,  at  once  proceeded 
to  chant  another  funeral  ode,  while  the  prepara- 
tions were  made  for  the  landing  of  the  honored 
dead.  Colonel  Clark  conferred  with  General  Dix, 
immediately  upon  the  arrival  of  the  boat,  and 
arranged  the  order  of  procession,  and,  on  his  return, 
formed  his  regiment  into  a  hollow  square,  in  the 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


centre  of  which  it  was  intended  the  funeral  cortege 
should  march.  Everything  "being  in  readiness,  the 
procession  started  from  the  boat  in  the  following 
order : 

POLICE. 

General  Dix,  General  SAKFORD,  COMMITTEES  OF   THE  COMMON 
COUNCIL,  and  other  Military  Officers  and  Civilians. 

BAND. 

SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 
BEBGEAKTS  OF  THE  INVALID  CORPS. 


BEVENTH 


REG  IMENT. 


SEVENTH 


REGIMENT. 


SERGEANTS  OP  THE  INVALID  CORPS. 
SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 

The  following  was  the  guard  of  honor  accompanying  the  remains : 

Captain  J.  McCAMBY,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 
First  Lieutenant  J.  R.  DURKEE,  Seventh  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

Second  Lieutenant  E.  MURPHY,  Tenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

Second  Lieutenant  E.  HOPPY,  Twelfth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

FIRST   SERGEANTS. 

C.  SWINEHART,  Company  D,  Seventh  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  R.  EDWARDS,  E,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

S.  CARPENTER,  K,  Seventh  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

A.  C.  CROMWELL,  I,  Seventh  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  P.  NELSON,  A,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

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L.  E.  BULLOCK,  E,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

P.  CALLAGHAN,  H,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

A.  J.  MARSHALL,  K,  Ninth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

W.  T.  DALY,  A,  Tenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  COLLINS,  D,  Tenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

W.  H.  DURGIN,  F,  Tenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

FRANK  SMITH,  C,  Tenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps.  • 

Q.  E.  GOODRICH,  A,  Twelfth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

A.  E.  CARR,  D,  Twelfth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

F.  CARET,  F,  Twelfth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

W.  H.  NOBLE,  Q,  Twelfth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  KARR,  D,  Fourteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps 

J.  P.  SMITH,  I,  Fourteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  HANXA,  F,  Fourteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

F.  D.  FOREHAND,  Eighteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  M.  SEDGWICK,  Eighteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

R.  W.  LEWIS,  Eighteenth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  P.  BERRY,  A,  Twenty-fourth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

W.  H.  WISEMAN,  E,  Twenty-fourth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  M.  PARDUN,  K,  Twenty-fourth  Veteran  Reserve  Corps 

The  following  is  an  official  list  of  the  escort   accompanying  the 
remains  from  Washington  . 

RELATIVES  AND  FAMILY  FRIENDS. 

Judge  DAVID  DAVIS,  United  States  Supreme  Court. 
C.  M.  SMITH  and  N.  M.  EDWARDS,  brothers-in-law  of  Mrs.  Lincoln. 

General  JOHN  B.  S.  TODD,  cousin  to  Mrs.  Lincoln. 

CHARLES  ALEXANDER  SMITH,  brother  of  C.  M.  Smith. 

WARD  H.  LAMON,  United  States  Marshal  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

GUARD  OF   HONOR. 

Major-General  DAVID  HUNTER. 

Brigadier-General  E.  D.  TOWNSEND. 

Brigadier-General  CHARLES  THOMAS. 

Brigadier-General  A.  B.   EATON. 

Brigadier-General  J.  G.  BARNARD. 

Brigadier  General  J.  G.  RAMSEY. 

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Brigadier-General  A.  P.  HOWE. 

Brigadier-General  D.  C.  McCALLUM. 

Brigadier-General  J.  C.  CALDWELL. 

Rear-Admiral  C.  H.  DAVIS,  United  States  Navy. 

Captain  W.  R.  TAYLOR,  United  States  Navy. 

Major  T.  Y.  FIELD,  United  States  Marine  Corps. 

Quartermaster  and  Commissary  of  Subsistence  for  Escort,  Captain 

CHARLES  PENROSE. 

Embalmer,  Dr.  C.  P.  BROWN. 

Undertaker,  T.  C.  SANDS. 

CONGRESSIONAL  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  PART  OP    THE  UNITED  STATES 
SENATE  AND  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES. 

Maine,  Representative  FREDERICK  A.  PIKE. 
New  Hampshire,  Representative  EDWARD  H.  ROLLINS. 

Vermont,  Representative  PORTUS  BAXTEE. 
Massachusetts,  Representative  SAMUEL  HOOPER. 

Connecticut.  Senator  JAMES  DIXON. 
Rhode  Island,  Senator  HENRY  B.  ANTHONY. 

New  York,  Senator  IRA  HARRIS. 

Pennsylvania,  Senator  EDGAR  COWAN. 

Ohio,  Representative  ROBERT  C.  SCHENCK. 

Kentucky,  Representative  GREEN  CLAY  SMITH. 

Indiana,  Representative  GEORGE  W.  JULIAN 

Minnesota,  Senator  ALEXANDER  RAMSEY. 

Michigan,  Representative  THOMAS  W.  FERRY. 

Illinois,  Senator  RICHARD  YATES,  Representative  ELIHU  B.  WASH 

BURNE,  Representative  JOIN  B.  BARNSWORTH,  and  Representative 

ISAAC  N.  ARNOLD. 

California,  Representative  THOMAS  E.  SHANNON. 

Oregon,  Senator  GEORGE  H   WILLIAMS. 

Kansas,  Representative  SIDNEY  CLARK. 

West  Virginia,  Representative  KEILIAN  V.  WHALEY. 

Nevada,  Senator  JAMES  W.  NYE. 

Nebraska,  Representative  G.  D.  HILLBAUGH. 

Colorado,  Representative  ALLAN  C.  BRADFORD. 

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New  Jersey,  Representative  WILLIAM  A.  NEWELL. 

Maryland,  Representative  CHARLES  E.  PHELPS. 
Sergeant -at- Arms  United  States  Senate,  GEORGE  S.  BROWN. 
Sergeant-at-Arms  House  of  Representatives,  N.  G.  ORDWAY. 

ILLINOIS   DELEGATION. 

Gov.  RICHARD  J.  OGLESBY.  Hon.  J.  T.  STUART. 

Gen.  I.  N.  HAYNIE,  A.  A.  G.  Col.  J.  WILLIAMS. 

Col.  J.  H.  BOWEN,  A.  D.  C.  Hon.  S.  H.  MELVIN. 

Col.  M.  H.  HANNA,  A.  D.  C.  Hon.  SHELBY  M.  CULLOM 

Col.  D.  M.  JAMES,  A.  D.  C.  Hon.  J.  MCCLEBXAND. 

Major  H.  WAITE,  A.  D.  C.  Hon.  LYMAN  TRUMBULL. 
Col.  E.  L.  PHILLIPS,  U.  S.  M.  of     Hon.  T.  S.  REDENBERG. 

S.  District  of  Illinois.  Hon.  T  J.  DENNIS. 

Hon.  JESSE  K.  DUBOIS.  Hon.  S.  W.  FULLER. 

Lieut.-Gov.  WILLIAM  BROSS.  Hon.  J.  B.  TURNER. 
FRANCIS  C.  SHERMAN,  Mayor  of     Hon.  J.  LAWSON. 

Chicago.  Hon.  C.  L.  WOODMAN. 

Hon.  T.  A.  HOINE.  Hon.  G.  W.  GAGE. 

Hon.  J.  WENTWORTH,  M.  C.  Hon.  G.  H.  ROBERTS. 

Hon.  S.  S.  HAYES.  Hon.  J.  CONMISKY. 

Hon.  Col.  R.  M.  HUGH.  Hon.  L.  TALCOT. 

GOVERNORS  OP   STATES. 

Governor  WILLIAM  STONE,  of  Iowa,  and  Staff. 

Governor  0.  P.  MORTON,  of  Indiana,  and  Staff. 

Governor  JOHN  BHOCGH,  of  Ohio,  and  Staff. 

His  Honor  Mayor  GUNTHER. 
Presidents  of  the  Boards  of  Councilmen  and  Aldermen. 

United  States  Officers 

German  Singing  Society. 

Police. 

The  hearse  was  of  very  neat  construction :  the 
sides  and  back  were  of  plate  glass,  and  on  the  top 
wei'e  eight  large  plumes  of  black  and  white  feath- 
ers. Around  the  edge  of  the  roof  and  the  lower 

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portion  of  the  body  of  the  hearse,  were  American 
flags  folded,  draped  in  mourning,  gracefully  fes- 
tooned, and  fastened  with  knots  of  white  and  black 
ribbon.  It  was  drawn  by  six  gray  horses,  covered 
with  black  cloth,  each  horse  led  by  a  groom,  in 
mourning. 

The  route  of  the  procession  was  up  Desbrosses 
street  to  Hudson;  through  Hudson  to  Canal; 
through  Canal  to  Broadway ;  and  thence,  down 
Broadway,  to  the  Park. 

All  along  the  route  every  available  point  was 
densely  crowded,  all  reverently  uncovering  as  the 
hearse  passed  along. 

Hours  before  the  arrival  of  the  procession,  the 
crowd  began  to  gather  in  the  City  Hall  Park, 
along  Broadway  and  Chatham  street,  and  in  and 
on  the  buildings  overlooking  the  plaza  in  front  of 
the  City  Hall. 

At  the  time  of  the  appearance  of  the  procession 
at  the  City  Hall,  at  least  twenty  thousand  persons 
were  assembled  in  the  immediate  neighborhood. 
While  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the  procession,  a 
number  of  German  singing  bands  were  marched 
into  the  open  space  before  the  Hall,  and  arranged 
on  either  side  of  the  entrance,  prepared  to  sing  a 
requiem  to  the  dead. 

The  procession  entered  the  Park  about  half-past 


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eleven  o'clock,  and  the  hearse  stopped  before  the 
entrance  to  the  Hall.  The  coffin  was  immediately 
taken  from  the  hearse  and  carried  up  the  stairs 
to  the  catafalque  prepared  for  its  reception,  while 
the  singing  societies  performed  two  appropriate 
dirges. 

The  interior  of  the  City  Hall  was  decorated 
with  much  taste.  No  trace  of  the  architecture  was 
to  be  seen  in  the  rotunda.  Niche  and  dome,  bal- 
ustrade and  paneling,  were  all  veiled.  From  the 
dome  to  the  base  there  was  a  Avail  of  crape, 
relieved  by  shrouded  ensigns  and  semi-circular 
folds  of  paramatta.  All  these  were  arched  by  fes- 
toons, which  fell  gracefully  over  the  combined  dis- 
play of  flags  and  mourning.  Across  the  dome  a 
black  curtain  was  drawn,  and  the  rays  of  light 
thus  conducted  fell  subdued  upon  the  sad  and 
imposing  spectacle. 

The  catafalque  upon  which  the  remains  were 
deposited,  was  erected  in  the  wide  space  opposite 
the  principal  entrance  to  the  Governor's  Room.  Its 
form  was  square,  surmounted  by  a  Gothic  arch, 
from  which  graceful  folds  of  crape,  ornamented  by 
festoons  of  silver  lace  and  cords  and  tassels,  fell 
over  the  curtained  pillars.  An  eagle  surmounted 
the  whole ;  beneath  it,  a  bust  of  the  deceased  Pres- 
ident ;  on  either  side,  a  pair  of  Koman  urns.  The 

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interior  of  the  canopy  was  in  graceful  harmony 
with  the  exterior.  The  frontal  arch,  as  it  met  the 
black  ceiling  of  the  catafalque,  was  relieved  by  a 
lining  of  black  silk.  The  ceiling  was  formed  of 
fluted  folds  of  velvet  fretted  with  silver  stars. 
Beneatli  the  canopy  were  busts  of  Washington, 
Jackson,  Webster,  and  Clay.  The  remains  rested 
on  a  pall  a  short  distance  from  the  floor. 

The  coffin  having  been  deposited  on  the  cata- 
falque, the  lid  was  removed,  and  the  various  offi- 
cials present  permitted  to  gaze  upon  the  remains 
of  their  deceased  President.  These  having  retired, 
preparations  were  made  to  admit  the  public  gener- 
ally. Visitors  were  admitted  to  the  Park  through 
the  gate  near  the  Register's  office ;  thence,  passing 
through  the  eastern  basement  door  of  the  City 
Hall,  two  abreast ;  and  thence,  along  the  corridors, 
to  the  circular  stairs  in  the  rotunda;  thence,  up 
those  stairs,  turning  to  the  right,  passing  in  front 
of  the  catafalque ;  thence,  down  and  out  through 
the  rear  door  of  the  City  Hall.  Those  provided 
with  tickets  were  admitted  through  the  western 
basement  door,  and  passed  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  catafalque.  The  remains,  while  in  the  City 
Hall,  were  surrounded  by  a  guard  of  honor,  in 
compliance  with  the  following  order  of  General 
Dix: 

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HEADQUARTERS  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  EAST, 
NEW  YORK  CITY,  April  23,  1865. 

The  following-named  officers  having  reported  at  these 
headquarters,  in  compliance  with  published  orders,  are 
detailed  as  a  guard  of  honor,  and  will  remain  on  duty  near 
the  body  of  the  late  President  during  the  hours  hereinafter 
designated. 

FIRST  WATCH. 
MONDAY,  24TH,  PROM  12,  M.,   TO  2,  P.  M. 

Major-General  John  J  Peck,  U.S.V. ;  Rear-Admiral  H.  Paulding, 
U.S.N. ;  Brevet  Brigadier-General  S.  Van  Vliet,  U.S.A. ;  Colonel  D.  T. 
Van  Buren,  U.S.A. ;  Colonel  H.  F.  Clarke,  U.S.A. ;  Brevet  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  R.  F.  O'Beirne.  U.S.A. 

SECOND  WATCH. 
FROM  2,  P.M.,  TO  4,  P.M. 

Brigadier-General  Thomas  F.  Meagher,  U.S.V. ;  Brigadier-General 
L.  C.  Hunt,  U.S.V. ;  Brigadier  General  Thomas  W.  Sweeney,  U.S.V.  ; 
Colonel  G.  Loomis,  U.S.A. ;  Major  W.  E.  Prince.  U.S.A. ;  Surgeon 
James  Suddards,  U.S.N. 

THIRD   WATCH. 
FROM  4,. P.M.,  TO  6,   P.M. 

Brevet  Major  General  Robert  Anderson,  U.S.A. ;  Brigadier-General 
P.  St.  George  Cooke,  U.S.A. ;  Brigadier-General  W.  H.  Morris,  U.S.V. ; 
Commodore  C.  Ringgold.  U.S.N. ;  Colonel  H.  Day,  U.S.A. ;  Colonel  J. 
D.  Greene,  U.S.A. 

FOURTH   WATCH. 
FROM  6,  P.M.,  TO  8,  P.M. 

Rear-Admiral  S.  L.  Breese,  U.S.N. ;  Brigadier-General  Fitz-Henry 
Warren,  U.S.V.  ;  Brevet  Colonel  H.  D.  Wallen,  U.S.A. ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  George  Carr,  165th  N.Y.V. ;  Paymaster  Benjamin  J.  Cohone, 

U.S.N. 

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FIFTH  WATCH. 
FROM  8,  P.M.,  TO  10,  P.M. 

Brevet  Brigadier-General  R.  S.  Saterlee,  U.S.A. ;  Commodore  Henry 
Eagle,  U.S.N. ;  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  R.  P.  Dodge,  U.S.A. ;  Major 
P.  W.  L.  Plympton,  U.S.A. ;  Major  Charles  O.  Joline,  A.D.C. ;  Surgeon 
Charles  McMillan,  U.S.A. 

SIXTH  "WATCH. 
FROM  10,  P.M..  TO  12,  MIDNIGHT. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  B.  Glitz,  U.S.A. ;  Brevet  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  John  J.  Milhau,  U.S.A. ;  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  B.  F. 
O'Beirne,  U.S.A.  ;  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  J.  M.  Cutts,  U.S.A. ; 
Major  G.  W.  Wallace,  U.S.A. ;  Major  N.  Prince,  U.S.A. 

SEVENTH  WATCH. 
TUESDAY,  25TH,  FROM  12,  MIDNIGHT,  TO  2,  A.M. 

Brevet  Brigadier-General  George  P.  Este,  U.S.V. ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  H.  S.  Chatfield,  102d  N.Y.V. ;  Major  James  B.  Sheridan, 
U.S.A. ;  Major  James  A.  Connolly,  123d  111.  Vols. ;  Major  W.  W. 
Herrick,  U.S.A. 

EIGHTH  WATCH. 
FROM  2,  A.M..  TO  4,  A.M. 

Colonel  Emmons  Clark,  7th  N.G.S.N.Y. ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  George 
F.  Haws,  7th  N.G.S.N  Y. ;  Major  Joseph  B.  Young,  7th  N.G.S.N.Y. ; 
Paymaster  R.  Parks,  U.S.N. ;  Paymaster  C.  H.  Eldridge,  U.S.N. 

NINTH  WATCH. 
FROM  4,  A.M.,  TO  6,  A.M. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  C.  Allen,  106th  N.Y.V.  ;  Colonel  William 
Heine,  103d  N.Y.V. ;  Lieutenant-Commander  F.  M.  Bunce,  U.S.N.  ; 
Paymaster  W.  G.  Maney,  U.S.N.  ;  Surgeon  George  Peck,  U.S.N. ; 
E.  D.  Robie,  Chief  Engineer,  U.S.N. 

TENTH   WATCH. 
FROM  6,  A.M.,  TO  8,  A.M. 

Colonel  William  De  Lacy,  164th  N.Y.V. ;  Major  George  Brown,  U. 
S.A.  Major  N.  Thayer,  U.S.A. ;  Major  John  F.  Porter,  18th  N.Y.  Cav- 
alry ;  Major  H.  Z.  Hayner,  U.S.A. 

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ELEVENTH    WATCH. 
FROM  8,  A.M.,  TO  10,  A.M. 

Brigadier-General  H.  W.  Wessells,  U.S.V. ;  Brigadier-General 
Daniel  Ullman,  U.S.V. ;  Colonel  M.  S.  Howe,  U.S.A  ;  Colonel  W.  A. 
Thornton,  U.S.A. ;  Brevet  Colonel  W.  J.  Sloan,  U.S.A.  ;  Surgeon  J.  F. 
Hammond,  U.S.A. 

TWELFTH    WATCH. 
FROM  10,  A.M  ,  TO  12,  M. 

Major-General  Daniel  Butterfield.  U.S.V.  ;  Brevet  Major-General 
Robert  O.  Tyler,  U.S.V. :  Commodore  W.  C.  Nicholson,  U.S.N. ;  Brevet 
Colonel  M.  T.  McMahon,  U.S.A.;  Colonel  O.  V.  Dayton.  19th  V.R.C., 
Major  F.  E.  Prime,  U.S  A. 

By  command  of  MAJOR-GENERAL  DIX. 

M.  T  McMAHON,  Brevet  Colonel  and  Adjutant. 

I 

During  the  entire  time  tlie  remains  thus  lay  in 
state,  a  ceaseless  throng  of  visitors  were  admitted 
to  view  the  body,  while  many  thousands  were 
turned  away  unable  to  obtain  admittance.  All 
classes  of  our  citizens,  the  old  and  the  young,  the 
rich  and  the  poor,  without  distinction  of  color  or 
sex,  mingled  in  the  silent  procession  that  passed 
reverently  before  the  bier.  As  night  came  on  the 
scene  grew  more  impressive.  The  heavy  draping 
of  the  rotunda  caused  the  light  from  the  chandeliers 
to  assume  a  sickly  glare,  as  it  was  reflected  from  the 
silver  ornaments  of  the  coffin  and  catafalque,  on 
the  faces  of  the  passing  crowd. 

The  concourse,  notwithstanding  the  immense 
number  which  had  passed  during  the  day,  was  at 

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its  greatest  about  midnight.  As  the  clock  tolled 
the  hour  of  twelve,  the  members  of  the  German 
singing  societies,  who  had  taken  their  places  in  the 
corridor,  commenced  a  solemn  dirge.  Heard  from 
the  neighborhood  of  the  catafalque,  the  sound  had 
a  most  thrilling  effect.  The  chorus  consisted  of 
about  seventy  voices.  The  clubs  represented  were 
the  Quartette,  of  Hoboken,  the  German  Concordia, 
and  Harmonia. 

On  careful  calculations  made  as  to  the  number 
of  persons  passing  the  bier,  it  was  found  that  on 
an  average  about  eighty  persons  passed  in  a  min- 
ute; that  is,  forty  on  either  side.  This  would 
allow  for  the  entire  number  during  the  twenty- 
four  hours,  not  far  from  a  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand. 

As  the  morning  of  Tuesday,  the  25th,  dawned, 
the  whole  city  resoimded  with  the  busy  notes  of 
preparation  for  the  funeral  obsequies.  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that  all  ordinary  business  was  suspend- 
ed ;  for  on  this  day  the  Empire  City  was  to  pay 
its  last  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the 
martyr  President. 

The  following  is  the  order  of  procession,  as 
arranged  by  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common 
Council,  together  with  the  various  orders  relating 
thereto : 


DOME  OF   THE  CITY    HALL— SCENE   AT   MIDNIGHT. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


The  procession  will  move  from  the  City  Hall  at  one  o'clock, 
P.M.,  precisely,  and  will  proceed  up  Broadway  to  Fourteenth 
street ;  through  Fourteenth  street  to  Fifth  avenue ;  up  Fifth 
avenue  to  Thirty-fourth  street ;  through  Thirty-fourth  street 
to  Ninth  avenue,  to  the  Hudson  River  Railroad  depot. 

The  arrangements  of  the  day  will  be  under  the  direction 
of  the  Grand  Marshal. 

The  several  persons  having  charge  of  the  church  and  fire- 
alarm  bells  in  the  city  will  cause  the  same  to  be  tolled  from 
the  hour  of  one,  P.M..  until  the  close  of  the  procession. 
The  owners  and  masters  of  vessels  in  the  harbor,  and  the 
proprietors  of  the  various  public  buildings  in  the  city,  will 
display  their  colors  at  half-mast  from  sunrise  to  sunset. 

Our  fellow-citizens  will  close  their  several  places  of  busi- 
ness during  the  moving  of  the  procession.  They  will  also, 
whether  in  the  procession  or  not,  wear  the  regular  badge  of 
mourning  on  the  left  arm. 

The  several  orders,  societies,  associations,  trades,  and 
other  bodies,  will  assemble  at  such  places  as  they  may 
respectively  select,  and  repair  to  the  places  of  rendezvous 
at  twelve  o'clock,  M. 

The  owners  and  proprietors  of  all  public  and  licensed  car- 
riages and  vehicles  will  withdraw  the  same  from  the  streets 

o 

through  which  the  procession  is  to  pass,  after  the  hour  of 
twelve  o'clock,  M. 

The  owners  of  private  carriages  and  vehicles  will  also 
conform  to  the  wishes  of  the  Committee  in  this  respect. 

No  carriages  or  vehicles  of  any  kind  will  be  allowed  in 
the  body  of  the  procession. 

The  streets  through  which  the  procession   will  pass  is 

reserved  from  curb  to  curb  for  the  funeral  cortege. 
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of  Uronre&'iott  hy 

GRAND  MARSHAL, 

Brigadier-General  WILLIAM  HALL. 

ffivst  ZBtbtston. 
The  Military,  under  the  immediate  direction  of  Major-General 

SANDFOKD. 
Military,  Funeral  Cortege,  &c. 

Srconlr  ZDibision. 
City,  County,  State,  and  United  States  Officials,  &tt. 

STJjirlr  Bibision. 
Clergy,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  &c. 

jFourtjj    Division. 
Masonic  and  other  Orders. 

JFtftJ)  BibCston. 
Various  Temperance  Organizations. 


Trades,  Societies,  and  Avocations. 

Srbtnt!)  ZDibtsfon. 
Societies,  Clubs,  and  Associations. 

IStrjijtf)  JDibiston. 
Civic  Societies  of  Brooklyn. 


IN    REVERSE     OHDER. 

Captain  OTTO'S  Troop  as  escort. 

Major-General  SAKDFORD  and  Staff. 

Major-General  DURYEA  and  Staff. 

Srrottlr  33ibtston. 

In  reverse  order. 

ELEVENTH  BRIGADE. 

Brigadier-General  JESSE  C.  SMITH  and  Staff. 

Howitzer  Battery,  Captain  HODGKISS. 

Fifty-second  Regiment,  Colonel  COLE. 

Forty-seventh  Regiment,  Colonel  MESEROLE. 

Twenty-third  Regiment,  Colonel  PRATT. 

ISO 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


FIFTH  BRIGADE. 

Brigadier-General  P.  S.  CBOOKE  and  Staff. 

Artillery  Battery,  Major  SPKAQUE. 

Seventieth  Regiment,  Colonel  CKOPSET. 

Twenty-eighth  Regiment,  Lieutenant-Colonel  SCHEPPER. 

Fourteenth  Regiment,  Colonel  EDWARD  FOWLER. 

Thirteenth  Regiment,  Colonel  J.  B.  WOODWARD. 

first  Dibtstou. 
In  reverse  order. 

FOURTH  BRIGADE. 

Colonel  MAIDHOF,  Acting  Brigadier  General,  and  Staff. 

Ninety-fifth  Regiment,  Colonel  PINCKNEY. 

Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  Colonel  BAGLEY. 

Twenty-second  Regiment,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Cox. 

Eleventh  Regiment,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Lux. 

Officers  of  Seventy-ninth  Highlanders. 

Officers  of  Ninety-third  Regiment. 

Officers  of  One  Hundredth  Regiment. 

Officers  of  One  Hundred  and  Second  Regiment. 

THIRD   BRIGADE. 

Colonel  J.  M.  VARIAN,  Acting  Brigadier-General,  and  Staff. 

Fifty-fifth  Regiment,  Colonel  LE  GAL. 

Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  Colonel  ASHLEY. 

Eighth  Regiment,  Lieutenant-Colonel  WENTWORTH. 

Officers  of  the  Ninth  Regiment. 

SECOND  BRIGADE. 

Brigadier-General  TATES  and  Staff. 

Fourth  Artillery,  with  full  batteries,  Colonel  TELLER. 

Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  Colonel  KREHBIEL. 

Eighty-fourth  Regiment,  Colonel  CONKLISG. 

Twelfth  Regiment,  Colonel  WARD. 

Sixth  Regiment,  Colonel  MASON. 

Fifth  Regiment,  Colonel  BURGER. 

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FIRST    BKIGADE. 

Brigadier-General  SPICEK  and  Staff. 

Ninety-ninth  Regiment,  Colonel  O'MAHONEY. 

Seventy-first  Regiment,  Colonel  TKAFFOBD. 

First  Cavalry,  Colonel  MINTON. 

Third  Cavalry,  Colonel  POSTLEY. 

Battalion  United  States  Marines. 

United  States  Military  and  Naval  Officers  now  in  the  city,  dismounted. 
Major-General  Dix  and  Staff. 

GUARD    OF    IIONOIl. 


SEVENTH   REGIMENT 

AS 
GUARD 

OF 
HONOR. 


SEVENTH  REGIMENT 

AS 
GUARD 

OF 
HONOR. 


GUARD    OF    HONOR. 

Troop  of  Cavalry,  as  escort  to  the  Grand  Marshal. 

Brigadier-General  HALL,  Grand  Marshal. 

Colonel  JOHN  W  AVERT,  Aid 

Hon.  ABRAM  WAKEMAN,  Aid. 

Hon.  CHARLES  G.  CORNELL,  Aid. 

Colonel  JAMES  PRICE,  Aid. 

Captain  CHARLES  A.  STETSON,  Aid. 

Colonel  C.  A.  JOHNSON,  Aid. 

.Srronti   ZDibisioit. 
Colonel  N.  B.  LABAU,  Marshal. 

W.  M.  TWEED,  Jr.,  Aid. 

Colonel  GEORGE  B.  VAN  BRUNT,  Aid. 

W.  R.  VERMILYEA,  Jr.,  Aid. 

S.  R.  BUNELL,  Aid. 

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fflfoir. 

Members  of  the  City  Government. 

The  Mayors  of  New  York  and  other  cities. 

Ex-Mayors  of  New  York  and  other  cities. 

The  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  city  of  New  York,  preceded  by  their 

Sergeant-at-Arms. 
The  Board  of  Councilmen  of  the  city  of  New  York,  preceded  by  their 

Sergeant-at-Arms. 
Attaches  of  both  Boards. 

Washington  Delegations  accompanying  the  remains  of  the  President. 

Delegates  from  the  Common  Councils  from  Washington,  Baltimore, 

Philadelphia,  Brooklyn,  and  other  cities. 

fia(te  of  Htpartmente. 

Comptroller,  Street  Commissioner,  City  Inspector. 

Commissioners  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department. 

Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  Corporation  Attorney,  Public  Adminis- 

trator, City  Chamberlain,  and  their  attaches. 

The  Board  of  Appeals  of  the  New  York  Fire  Department. 

The  Board  ol  Fire  Commissioners  of  the  New  York  Fire  Department. 

Chief  Engineer  and  Assistant  Engineers,  and  Representatives  and 

Members  of  the  New  York  Fire  Department,  in  citizen's  dress. 


Board  of  Supervisors,  preceded  by  their  Sergeant-at-Arms,   Clerks, 

attache's,  &c. 

Commissioners  of  Charities  and  Correction,  attaches,  &c. 

Police  Commissioners  and  attaches,  &c. 

Board  of  Education,  attaches,  &c. 

Inspectors  of  Common  Schools. 

Trustees  of  Common  Schools. 

Faculty  and  Students  of  the  Free  Academy. 

Central  Park  Commissioners  and  attaches. 

Tax  Commissioners  and  attaches 

Commissioners  of  Emigration  and  attache's. 

Cororffers  and  Deputy  Coroners. 

Recorder  and  City  Judges. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


Police  Magistrates. 

Judges  of  Supreme  Court,  Superior  Court,  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

Marine  Court,  and  Civil  Justices'  Court,  with  their  attaches,  &c. 

District  Attorney,  Assistant  District  Attorney,  and  attaches. 

Sheriffs,  Deputy  Sheriffs  and  attaches,  &c. 
County  Clerk,  Register,  Surrogate,  attache's,  &c. 

STATE   GOVERNMENT. 

His  Excellency  Governor  FENTON  and  Staff. 
Ex-Governors  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Heads  of  Departments  of  State. 
Members  of  Senate  and  Assembly  of  the  State  of  New  York,  preceded 

by  their  Sergeants-at-Arms. 

Ex-Members  of  the  Senate  and  Assembly  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Judges  of  the  Court  of  Appeals. 

Foreign  Ministers  and  Consuls. 

The  New  York  State  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 

Captain  of  the  Port  of  New  York. 

Harbor  Masters. 
Pilot  Commissioners. 

Port  Wardens  and  all  others  deriving  authority  from  the  State 
Government. 

UNITED   STATES  DEPARTMENT. 

Collector  of  the  Port  of  New  York. 
GEORGE  W.  EMBREE,  Marshal. 
Attaches  of  his  personal  Department,  Secretaries,  Clerks,  and 

Messengers. 

Assistant  Collector, 

with  Correspondence  Clerks. 

Auditor, 

in  charge  of  First  Division. 
Assistant  Auditor,  Clerks,  attaches,  and  Messengers. 

Cashier. 

Assistant  Cashier,  Clerks,  and  Messengers  of  Second  Division. 
Deputy  Collector,  Third  Division,  ex-officio. 
Storekeeper  of  the  Port. 
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Deputy  Storekeepers,  Assistant  Clerks,  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Fourth  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Fiftli  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Sixth  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Seventh  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Eighth  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 
Deputy  Collector,  Ninth  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 

Deputy  Collector,  Tenth  Division, 

with  Clerks  and  Messengers. 

Naval  Officer. 
Deputy  Naval  Officers,  attaches,  Clerks.,  and  Messengers  in  his 

Department. 
Surveyor  of  the  Port. 

Deputy  Surveyors,  Aids  to  the  Revenue,  Debenture  Clerks,  and  other 

attaches  of  his  office,  Weighers,  Qaugers,  Inspectors  of  the 

Customs,  and  others  attached  to  his  Department. 

Storekeeper  of  Appraisers'  Store, 

with  Clerks  and  employes. 

United  States  General  Appraisers. 

Principal  and  Assistant  Appraisers,  Examiners,  Clerks,  Messengers, 

and  employes  of  Appraisers'  Department. 

Officers  of  United  States  Revenue  Marine,  in  full  uniform. 

Postmaster  of  the  city  of  New  York, 

Secretary,  Assistants,  and  Clerks. 

Revenue  Officers  and  Revenue  Inspectors. 

Members  of  Congress  and  ex-Members  of  Congress. 

Collectors,  Assessors,  and  Deputies  of  the  United  States  Internal 

Revenue,  with  their  Officers  and  Clerks. 

Marshal  of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 

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United  States  District  Attorney,  Assistant  District  Attorney,  Officers, 

and  Clerks. 

Judges  of  the  United  States  Courts,  Clerks  and  Officers. 
United  States  Sub-Treasury  and  Assay  Office, 

with  Officers  connected  therewith. 
Commandant  of  the  Brooklyn.  Navy  Yard,  and  Officers  attached. 

Ex-Officers  of  the  United  States  Army. 
Officers  and  ex-Officers  of  the  United  States  Volunteers. 


Colonel  FRANK  E.  HOWE,  Marshal. 
JOHN  AUSTIN  STEVENS,  Jr.,  Aid  ;  Major  JAMES  R.  SMITH,  Aid. 

Clergy. 

Medical  Faculty. 

Members  of  the  Bar. 

Members  of  the  Press. 

Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Associated  Banks  of  the  city  of  New  York. 

Committee  of  the  Citizens'  Union  Club. 

New  York  Club. 

Century  Club. 

Athen;eum  Club. 

City  Club. 

The  Eclectic  Club. 

The  Union  League  Club. 

Commercial  Association  -Members  of  the  Produce  Exchange. 

New  York  Board  of  Fire  Insurance  Companies. 
New  York  Board  of  Marine  Insurance  Companies. 

Christian  Commission. 

United  States  Sanitary  Commission. 

Historical  Society  of  New  York. 

Tammany  Society. 

Union,  Tammany,  Mozart,  and  McKeon  General  Committees,  German 

General  Committee,  and  Constitutional  Union. 

Delegation  of  the  Union  League  of  America. 

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Citizens  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Cadets  of  Temperance. 

Sons  of  Temperance. 

JFourtg    TDilnsioil. 

General  J.  H.  HOBAKT  WARD,  Marshal,  and  Aids. 

(fraud  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  other  Lodges. 

Independent  Order  of  Red  Men. 

Order  of  Bnai  Bareth 

Order  of  Bnai  Morsch. 

Free  Sons  of  Israel. 

Abraham  Lodge,  No.  1,  O.  B.  A. 

Pilgrim  Lodge,  No.  243,  I.  0.  of  T. 

Sclavonic  Union  Society. 
Independent  Butchers'  Lodge. 


.ffiftl) 

JOHN  TUCKEK,  Marshal,  and  Aids. 
Division  of  the  Irish  Societies  and  Associations. 


D  ibis  ton. 
BENJAMIN  WINNE,  Marshal,  and  Aids. 

New  York  Caulkers'  Association. 

New  York  Caulkers'  Association,  Manhattan  Branch. 

Riggers'  United  Protective  Association. 

Riggers'  Benevolent  Association. 
Ship  Joiners'  Protective  Association. 

Ship  Sawyers'  Society. 

'Longshoremen's  United  Protective  Associations,  Nos.  1  and  2. 
'Longshoremen's  Benevolent  Society. 

I.  M.  Singer's  operatives. 
Steam  Boiler-Makers'  Benevolent  Association. 

Association  of  Dry  Goods  Clerks. 
Waiters'  Benevolent  Protective  Association. 

Justitia  Club. 
Typographical  Society. 

Literary  Phalanx. 
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TDiliisioii. 

Colonel  E.  F.  SHEPAKD,  Marshal. 

Captain  H.  H.  HOLBROOK,  Aid;  ANDREW  BABSTOW,  Aid;  Captain 
AMBROSE  K.  STRIKER,  Aid;  Captain  JAMES  L.  PRICE,  Aid ; 

Captain  FRED.  PIERSON,  Aid. 
American  Protestant  Association. 
Workingmen's  Union  Delegation. 
Twenty-six  Workingmen's  Unions. 

New  York  Caledonian  Club. 

German  Society.     German  Dispensary. 

German  Widows  and  Orphans'  Society. 

German  Savings  Banks. 
German  Fire  and  Life  Insurance  Companies. 

New  York  Turners'  Society. 

Heinemann  &  Sillermann's  Silk  Factory  employes- 

Blenker  Veteran  Society. 

New  York  Sharpshooters. 

Young  Men's  Independent  Democratic  Association. 

Ancient  Order  of  Faithful  Fellows. 
New  York  Boss  Bakers'  Association. 

Italian  Association. 
Society  of  Social  Reformers. 

Ceres  Union. 

National  Glee  Club. 

Washington  Coterie. 

Island  Social  Club. 

GENERAL,  ORDERS. 

HEADQUARTERS  SEVENTH  DIVISION, 
NEW  YORK,  April  24,  1865. 

1.  Colonel  J.  Fred.  Pierson  and  Captains  H.  H.  Holbrook, 
Andrew  Barstow,  Ambrose  K.  Striker,  and  James  L.  Price, 
are  hereby  appointed  Aids  to  the  Marshal,  and  will  be 
respected  and  obeyed  accordingly. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


2.  Each  organization  assigned  to  this  division  is  consti- 
tuted a  battalion,  and  will  be   under  the  command  of  its 
own  President  or  chief  officer. 

3.  The  division  will  form  in  Centre  street,  right  resting 
on  Reade  street,  at  twelve  o'clock,  precisely. 

4.  The  American  Protestant  Association,  the  Working- 
men's  Union  Delegation,  and  the  societies  composing  the 
Workingnien's   Union,   will   enter   Centre   street   through 
Canal  street.     The  rest  of  the  division  will  enter  Centre 
street  through  Grand  street.     The  various  battalions  will 
arrive  at  Centre  street  at  three-quarters  past  eleven  o'clock, 
and,  as  they  arrive,  their  commandants  will  halt  them  and 
report  in  person  to  the  Marshal.     The  battalions  will  then  be 
placed  in  position  in  the  column  by  the  Marshal  and  his  Aids. 

5.  Orders  for  the  formation  and  movement  of  the  division 
will  be  briskly  repeated  by  commandants  of  battalions. 

6.  After  the  departure  of  the  funeral  train  the  division 
will  march  through  Ninth  avenue  and  Twenty-third  street 
to  Fifth  avenue.     On  arriving  at  Fifth  avenue  the  various 
battalions  will  march  off  to  their  respective  headquarters, 
under  their  own  officers. 

7.  The  Marshal's  headquarters  will  be  at  Earle's  Hotel, 
corner  of  Canal  and  Centre  streets,during  the  morning  of  the 
25th  instant.     By  order  of 

ELLIOTT  F.  SHEPARD,  Marshal 

In  the  Seventh  Division,  which  will  form  in  Centre  street, 
there  will  be  the  W6"rkingmen's  Union  Delegates,  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  the  following  associations:  House  Carpenters, 
Tailors,  Painters,  Plumbers,  Tin,  Copper,  and  Sheet  Iron 
Workers,  Tin,  Slate,  and  Metal  Roofers,  Upholsterers,  Shade 
Painters,  Car  Drivers,  Coach  Makers,  Dry  Goods  Clerks, 

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Typographical  Society,  Trunk  and  Bag  Makers,  Packing- 
Box  Makers,  Carpet  and  Furniture  Clerks,  Sash  and  Blind 
Makers,  Plasterers,  Goldbeaters,  Clothing  Cutters,  Horse 
Shoers'  Association,  Coppersmiths,  and  Paper  Stainers. 

Dib-sion. 


CIVIC  SOCIETIES,  ASSOCIATIONS,  AND  CITIZENS  GENERALLY  OP  THE 
CITY  OF  BROOKLYN. 

Colonel  E.  J.  FOWLER,  Marshal. 
The  Union  League  Associations. 

The  McClellan  Clubs. 
Father  Mathew  Total  Abstinencs  Benevolent  Societies,  Nos.  1,  2,  and  3. 

St.  James  R.  C.  Benevolent  Society. 
Father  Mathew  Total  Abstinenca  Benefit  Society,  No.  1. 

Shamrock  Society,  No.  1 
Assumption  T.  A  B.  Society. 

St  Patrick's  Society. 

'Longshoremen's  Associations. 

Representative  Fire  Department,  in  citizens'  dress. 


(DrtUr  0f 

The  societies,  associations,  and  trades  are  requested  to 
appear  in  the  order  prescribed,  and  to  walk  eighteen  abreast, 
and  sections  in  close  order. 

Marshals  will  strictly  enforce  this  direction. 

Bands  will  play  funeral  dirges  in  common  time. 

No  banner  bearing  political  devices  or  inscriptions  will  be 
admitted  in  the  procession. 

Governors  and  Lieutenant-Governors,  Senators  and  Mem- 
bers of  Assembly,  Mayors  of  the  several  cities  and  ex-Presi- 
dents, Foreign  Ministers  and  Consuls,  will  meet  in  the 
Mayor's  Office. 

Common  Councils  of  N"ew  York,  "Washington  ,  Baltimore, 
Philadelphia,  Brooklyn,  and  other  cities,  together  with 

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Heads  of  Departments  of  this  city,  will  meet  in  Room  No. 
8,  City  Hall. 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  city  and 
county  of  New  York,  will  meet  in  the  Clerk's  Office. 

Judges  of  the  Courts,  District  Attorney,  Counsel  to  the 
Corporation,  Members  of  the  Bar,  ex-Members  of  Congress, 
meet  in  the  Supreme  Court  room. 

Sheriff  and  his  Deputies  meet  in  the  Sheriff's  Office. 

The  Washington  Delegation  accompanying  the  remains, 
will  meet  in  the  Chamber  of  the  Board  of  Councilmcn,  in  the 
City  Hall. 

Delegations  intending  to  participate  in  the  ceremonies  will 
meet  at  the  places  designated  in  the  programme,  and  take 
their  respective  positions  upon  their  arrival  on  the  ground. 

Second  Division,  right  resting  on  Centre  and  Chambers 
streets,  at  the  Comptroller's  Office. 

Third  Division,  in  Nassau  street,  right  resting  on  Printing 
House  square. 

Fourth  Division,  in  Park  row  and  Broadway,  right  rest- 
ing corner  Park  row  and  Beekman  street. 

Fifth  Division,  in  Chatham  street  and  East  Broadway, 
right  resting  corner  Chatham  street  and  Tryon  row. 

Sixth  Division  form  on  New  Chambers  street,  right  rest- 
ing on  the  corner  of  New  Chambers  street  and  Chatham 
street,  east  side. 

Seventh  Division  form  on  Centre  street,  right  on  Reade. 

Eighth  Division  form  on  Beekman  street,  right  resting  on 
Nassau  street. 

All  societies  and  organizations  not  starting  from  their 
place  of  rendezvous  will  be  excluded  from  their  positions  in 
line,  and  take  their  place  on  the  extreme  left. 

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GENERAL    ORDER—  No.  404. 

OFFICE  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
METROPOLITAN  POLICE,  300  MULBERRY  STREET, 
NEW  YORK,  April  24,  1  865. 

CAPTAIN  -  ,  -  PRECINCT  —  It  will  be  necessary  to 
keep  the  streets  and  avenues  on  which  the  funeral  procession 
will  move  to-morrow  entirely  clear  of  incumbrances. 

You  will,  therefore,  on  the  line  of  your  guard,  prevent  all 
manner  of  vehicles  from  passing  or  standing  on  the  route, 
and  confine  persons  on  foot  to  the  sidewalks  of  such  streets 
as  may  be  used  by  the  procession.  Let  the  line  of  curb- 
stone be  your  guide-mark. 

JOHN  A.  KENNEDY,  Superintendent. 


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The  time  for  commencing  these  exercises  will  be  five 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

Citizens,  public  bodies,  private  social  organizations,  and 
all  persons  who  desire  to  unite  in  rendering  testimonials  of 
respect  and  reverence  for  the  character  and  services  of  the 
deceased  President,  are  invited  to  assemble  at  Union  square, 
Fourteenth  street,  on  Tuesday  next,  the  25th  instant,  at  five 
o'clock,  P.M. 

It  is  intended  that  each  separate  organization  shall  be 
governed  by  its  own  officers  and  regulations,  subject,  how- 
ever, to  such  arrangements  as  may  be  announced  by  the 
Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council 

The  guests  and  others  participating  in  the  ceremonies  at 
Union  square,  at  five  o'clock  in  the  evening,  will  report  at 
the  Maison  Doro-e  at  half-past  four  o'clock. 

A  large  stand,  draped  with  black,  has  been  erected  in 
Union  square,  opposite  the  Maison  Doree.  In  the  centre  is 

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a  monumental  design   representing  a  broken  column,  on 
either  side  of  which  are  figures  of  Hope  and  Justice. 

Hon.  John  A.  King  will  preside. 

The  following  will  be  the  order  of  exercises : 

1.  Opening  Prayer  by  Rev.  STEPHEN  H.  TYNG. 

2.  Oration  by  Hon.  GEORGE  BANCROFT, 

3.  Reading  the  last  Inaugural  Address  by  Rev.  Dr.  J.  D.  THOMPSON 

4.  Reading  a  psalm  by  Rev.  W.  H.  BOOLE. 

5.  Prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  ROGERS. 

6.  Reading  from  the  Scripture  by  Rabbi  ISAACS. 

7.  Reading  of  a  hymn  (words  by  WILLIAM  CULLEN  BKYANT)  by 

Rev.  Dr.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD. 

8.  Benediction  by  Archbishop  McCLOSKET. 

At  the  close  of  the  ceremonies  the  assemblage  will  be 
formed  in  proper  order  and  proceed  to  unite  in  the  proces- 
sion, to  be  formed  under  the  direction  of  the  Joint  Commit- 
tee of  the  Common  Council. 

Among  the  various  public  and  private  organizations 
invited  to  unite  with  the  citizens  in  this  solemn  and  grateful 
duty  are  the  following  : 

The  Clergy  and  members  of  all  the  city  churches. 

The  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  New  York. 

The  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council. 

The  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  Brooklyn. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  New  York. 

The  Now  York  Produce  Exchange. 

The  Union  Club. 

The  New  York  Club. 

The  Century  Club. 

The  Athenaeum  Club. 

The  City  Club. 

The  Eclectic  Club. 

The  Union  League  Club. 

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The  organizations  meeting  under  the  Citizens'  Committee, 

will  assemble  in  Union  square,  opposite  the  Maison  Doroe,  at 

half-past  nine,  A.M.,  under  a  Marshal  of  the  Citizens'  Commit- 

tee, and  march  to  Nassau  street  and  take  up  positions  in  line. 

WILLIAM  T.  BLODGETT,  Chairman. 

S.  B.  CHTTTENDEN,  j 

HENRY  M.  TABER,  V  Secretaries. 

FRANK  E.  HOWE,    ) 


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HEADQUARTERS  DEPABTMEXT  OP  THE  EAST, 

NEW  YORK  CITY,  April  24,  1865. 
The  officers  of  the  army  and  navy  who  are  to  take  part  in 
the  funeral  ceremony  to-morrow  are  requested  to  assemble 
at  Delmonico's,  corner  Chambers  street  and  Broadway,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  M.,  with  side  arms,  the  usual  badge  of 
mourning,  and  without  epaulets.  By  command  of 

MAJOR-GENERAL  DIX. 

M.  T.  McMAHON,  Brevet  Colonel  and  Assistant  Adjutant- 
General. 

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Ex-officers  and  men  of  the  army  and  navy,  who  have 
served  in  the  present  war,  will  assemble  promptly  at  No.  90 
East  Thirteenth  street,  at  ten  o'clock  this  morning,  to  receive 
badges  and  form  in  line,  to  join  the  grand  procession. 

The  following  gentlemen  have  been  appointed  Aids  :  — 
Major-General  SCHUYLER  HAMILTON,  Major  W.  W.  LELAND, 
Lieutenant  JOHN  ALLEN,  Lieutenant  ALFRED  APPEL,  Cap- 
tain JAMES  SHERLOCK,  Captain  WILLIAM  JONES,  and  Colonel 
WILLIAM  A.  LYNCH. 

WILLIAM  S.  HILLYER,  Marshal 

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Nearly  all  the  civic  associations  in  Brooklyn  will  be 
represented  in  the  funeral  procession  in  New  York  to-day, 
and,  independent  of  the  military,  will  number  about  ten 
thousand  men. 

The  public  offices  and  places  of  business  will  be  closed, 
and  the  flags  displayed  at  half-mast.  The  following  is  the 
recommendation  of  the  acting  Mayor  in  regard  to  the 
matter : 

MAYOR'S   OFFICE, 
BROOKLYN,  April  24,  1865. 

As  the  funeral  obsequies  in  honor  of  the  lamented  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  will  be  celebrated  in  New  York  to-morrow 
(Tuesday,  April  25),  and  as  it  is  the  intention  of  the  munici- 
pal authorities,  the  military,  and  various  civic  organizations, 
and  many  of  the  citizens  of  Brooklyn,  to  participate  therein, 
I  respectfully  recommend  that  all  places  of  business  be 
closed  on  that  day.  The  city  offices  will  be  closed  and  the 
city  flags  displayed  at  half-mast 

D.  D.  WHITNEY,  Acting  Mayor. 

The  order  of  the  arrangements  in  regard  to  the  various 
civic  associations  will  be  as  follows : 

Grand  Marshal,  Colonel  E.  B.  FOWLER. 
Aids — Dr.  JAMES  L.  FARLEY,  H.  W.  MICHELL,  C.  C,  SAWYER. 

War  Fund  Committee. 
Kings  County  Medical  Society. 

Hose  Company  No.  17. 

All  to  form  in  the  order  they  are  named,  on  Joralemon  street,  west 
of  Clinton,  right  resting  on  Clinton  street. 
Father  Mathew  T.  A.  B.  Society  No.  1,  will  form  on  Livingston 

street,  right  resting  on  Clinton  street. 
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St.  Ann's  T.  A  B.  Society. 

Assumption  T.  A.  Society  will  form,  in  the  order  named,  on  Scher- 
merhorn  street,  right  resting  on  Clinton  street. 

Father  Mathew  T.  A.  B.  Society  No.  2,  will  form  on  State  street, 
right  resting  on  Clinton. 

Father  Mathew  T.  A.  B.  Society  No.  5. 

'Longshoremen,  all  to  fprm  on  State  street,  east  of  Clinton,  right 
resting  on  Clinton  street. 

St.  James  R.  C.  Benevolent  Society. 
Shamrock  Society  No.  1. 

St.    Patrick's  Society. 

All  to  form  in  the  order  named,  on  Atlantic  street,  west  of  Clinton, 
right  resting  on  Clinton  street. 

Officers  and  ex-Officers  of  Volunteers. 

Fifth  Ward  Citizens'  Association. 
Kings  County  Union  General  Committee. 
Internal  Revenue  Department,  Collectors  ancl  Assessors. 
All  to  form  in  the  order  they  are  named  on  Atlantic  street,  east  of 
Clinton,  right  resting  on  Clinton  street. 

Stewards'  Association  (colored). 
Widow's  Son's  Lodge  F.  &  A.  M.  (colored). 

Polphinic  Association  (colored). 
First  Brooklyn  Loyal  League  of  Colored  Men. 

The  lines  will  be  formed  at  half-past  nine  o'clock  and  divided  into 
two  columns  One  will  cross  over  the  Montague  ferry  and  the  other 
over  Fulton  ferry. 


A  position  has  been  assigned  to  the  German  singing 
societies  in  the  procession  to-day 

They  will  make  part  of  the  Third  Division,  immediately 
behind  the  clergy. 

All  members  of  these  organizations  who  desire  to  take 
part  will  form  on  Nassau  street,  right  resting  on  Spruce 
street,  at  ten  o'clock. 

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WASHINGTON,  April  24,  1863. 

Major-General  JOHN  A.  Dix — It  is  the  desire  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  that  no  discrimination  respecting  color  should 
be  exercised  in  admitting  persons  to  the  funeral  procession 
to-morrow.  In  this  city  a  black  regiment  formed  part  of 
the  escort. 

C.  A.  DANA,  Assistant  Secretary  of  War. 

Colored  people,  or  their  societies,  who  wish  to  join  the 
procession  to-day,  can  do  so  by  forming  on  West  Reade 
street  by  twelve  o'clock,  their  right  resting  on  Broadway. 
Societies  should  appoint  their  own  Marshals  to  preserve 
order. 


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I,  to-day,  iMtr':.il;m.  ^pvil  25. 

Leave  HYDE  PARK,  .  7 
STAATSBURG,  8 
BHINEBECK,  .  8 
BARRYTOWN,  8 
TIVOLI,  .  .  8 
GERMANTOWN,  9 
CATSKILL,  .  .  9 

Arrive  HUDSON,   .     .    9 

Leave  HUDSON,  .  .  9 
STOCKPORT,  .  9 
COXSACKIE,  .  10 
STUYVESANT,  10 
SCHODACK,  .  10 
CASTLETON,  .  10 

Arrive  EAST  ALBANY  10 


Leave  NEW  YOIIK,  29th 

street,  .    .     .4.00,  P.M. 
MANHATTAN,  .  4.20,   " 
YONKERS,   .    .  4.45,    " 
DOBBS'FERBT,  5.00,    " 
IRVINGTON,     .  5.07,   " 
TARRYTOWN,  . 
SraoSiNa,  .    . 

Arrive  PEEKSKILL,     . 

Leave  PEEKSKILL,  . 
GARRISON'S,  . 
COLD  SPUING,  . 

FlSHKILL,    .      . 


.  5.15, 
5.30, 

.5.57, 

.6.00, 
6.26, 

.  6.33, 

.6.50, 


N.  HAMBURO,  .  7.06, 
Arrive  POUGHKEEPSIE  7.25, 
Leave  POUOHPEEPSIE  7.40, 


.56,  P.M. 

.08,  " 

.24,  " 

.40,  " 

.52,  " 

.10,  " 

.27,  " 

.38,  " 

.41,  " 

.52,  " 

.00,  " 

.07,  " 

.26,  " 

.35,  " 

.55,  " 


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This  train  has  the  right  of  track  over  all  other  trains 
bound  in  either  direction,  and  trains  must  reach  stations  at 
which  they  are  to  meet,  or  let  special  pass,  at  least  ten  min- 
utes before  special  is  due. 

A  "  pilot  engine  "  will  leave  New  York  ten  minutes  in 
advance  of  special  train,  running  ten  minutes  ahead  of  pub- 
lished time  to  East  Albany.  Pilot  engine  has  same  rights 
as  special,  and  at  stations  where  trains  meet  or  pass  it,  they 
must  wait  for  special. 

The  train  will  run  at  a  slow  rate  of  speed  through  all 
towns  and  villages. 

Train  No.  10  will,  on  this  day,  leave  Thirtieth  street  at 
4.15,  P.M. 

All  station  masters,  trackmen,  drawbridge  tenders, 
switchmen,  and  flagmen,  will  be  governed  by  the  general 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  company. 

J.  M.  TOUCEY,  Ass't  Sup't. 

Long  before  the  hour  announced  for  the  moving 
of  the  procession,  every  available  point  of  vision  on 
the  route  was  occupied  by  the  people.  Such  a 
gathering  was  never  seen  in  the  streets  of  New 
York  before. 

The  various  divisions  of  the  procession  arrived 
punctiially  on  the  ground  and  took  the  positions 
assigned  them  by  the  programme. 

At  twelve  o'clock  precisely,  the  gates  of  the  City 
Hall  were  closed,  and  the  necessary  preparations 
made  for  the  removal  of  the  remains,  and  at  one 

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o'clock  the  coffin  was  lifted  from  the  catafalque 
and  borne  on  the  shoulders  of  the  veterans,  to  the 
funeral  car  in  waiting  at  the  door  of  the  City  Hall. 
The  funeral  car  was  an  elegant  piece  of  work- 
manship. The  main  platform  was  fourteen  feet 
long,  eight  feet  wide,  and  fifteen  feet  one  inch  in 
height.  On  this  platform,  which  was  five  feet  from 
the  ground,  was  a  dais,  six  inches  in  height,  on 
which  the  coffin  rested.  Above  the  dais  was  an 
elegant  canopy,  supported  by  four  columns,  curv- 
ing upward  at  the  centre,  and  surmounted  by  a 
miniature  Temple  of  Liberty.  The  platform  was 
covered  with  black  cloth,  which  fell  at  the  sides 
nearly  to  the  ground,  and  was  edged  with  silver 
bullion  fringe ;  festoons  of  black  cloth  also  hung 
from  the  sides,  festooned  with  silver  stars,  and 
also  edged  with  silver  bullion.  The  canopy  was 
trimmed  in  like  manner,  with  black  cloth  festooned 
and  spangled  with  silver  bullion,  the  corners  sur- 
mounted by  rich  plumes  of  black  and  white  feath- 
ers. At  the  base  of  each  column  were  three 
American  flags,  slightly  inclined,  festooned  and 
covered  with  crape.  The  Temple  of  Liberty  was 
represented  as  deserted,  having  no  emblems  of  any 
kind  in  or  around  it,  except  a  small  flag  on  the  top 
at  half-mast.  The  inside  of  the  car  was  lined  with 
white  satin,  fluted.  From  the  centre  of  the  roof 

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was  suspended  a  large  eagle  with  outspread  wings, 
having  in  its  talons  a  laurel  wreath.  The  platform 
around  the  coffin  was  strewed  with  flowers.  The 
car  was  drawn  by  sixteen  gray  horses,  covered  with 
black  cloth  trimmings,  each  led  by  a  groom. 

At  the  appointed  hour,  the  procession  began  to 
move  in  order  previously  designated,  the  rear  being 
closed  by  a  large  detachment  of  our  colored  citizens, 
bearing  banners  with  the  following  inscriptions : 


Z,KKffi©2,W,    our    Emancipator. 


(Tiuo    fHfinmrs    of    Uonamrit    Ijr    aiOrrtij 


The  procession  in  numbers,  and  indeed  in  every 
respect,  far  exceeded  anything  of  the  kind  ever  be- 
fore seen  in  our  city.  It  occupied  about  four  hours 
in  passing  any  given  point,  and  must  have  contained 
at  least  fifty  thousand  people.  Never  before  had 
our  citizen  soldiers  appeared  with  fuller  ranks  or 
in  better  order,  or  had  our  civic  and  other  societies 
appeared  to  better  advantage.  But  how  different 
from  ordinary  processions !  There  was  no  cheering, 
no  waving  of  flags,  no  clapping  of  hands,  no  lively 
strains  of  martial  music.  Instead  of  these  were 
substituted  emblems  of  sorrow  and  lamentation. 
Slowly  the  procession  moved  along,  the  silence 

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broken  only  by  the  sound  of  the  solemn  dirges, 
the  tolling  of  the  bells,  and  the  heavy  booming  of 
the  minute-guns.  As  the  funeral  car  moved  by, 
every  head  was  uncovered  in  that  vast  crowd,  and 
all  bowed  in  reverence  as  they  cast  their  last  glance 
upon  the  casket  containing  the  precious  remains. 
In  addition  to  the  decorations  of  Broadway, 
which  have  been  previously  described,  there  was 
erected,  at  Union  square,  a  handsome  marble  mon- 
ument, surmounted  by  Volk's  bust  of  Lincoln,  the 
corners  displaying  immortelles,  and  on  the  four  sides 
of  the  vase  the  following  inscriptions 


tUL'iiii   malice  totoartt  none,  uiiiij  rijanty  Cor  all." 
"SCJere  is  a  great  spirit  gone." 


"  C'looB  nicjfjt,  antr  flights  of  angels  sing  Hjcc  to  tijn  rest,'' 


life  toas  gentle  anfl   Hjr  elements, 
.So  miretr  in  fjt'm,  tij.it  nature  mijjijt  stanlr  ttjj 
BUS  to  all  tijr  eartfj,  (Tin's  to  .is  a.  man." 


When  the  head  of  the  procession  reached  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad  depot,  the  military  formed 
in  line  on  the  side  of  the  street,  and  the  funeral  car 
passed  on  to  the  entrance  of  the  depot,  when  the 
coffin  was  removed  to  the  train,  which  left  at  the 
appointed  time,  and  long  before  the  end  of  the 
procession  reached  the  terminus,  the  train  was  far 
on  its  way  toward  Albany. 


1K1 


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UNION  SQUARE,  NEW  YORK. 


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of 


MOSES  TAYLOP., 
JOHN  A  KING, 
JOHN  A.  DEC, 
SIMEON  DRAPER, 
M.  H.  QRINNELL, 
A.  A.  Low, 
HAMILTON  FISH, 
GEORGE  BANCROFT, 
SAM.  SLOAN, 
RICHARD  D.  LATHROP, 
MARSHALL  0.  ROBERTS, 
SAMDEL  WETMORE, 
HENRY  CLEWS, 
WALDO  HUTCHINGS, 
CHARLES  H.  MARSHALL, 
WILLIAM  M.  EVARTS, 
S.  B.  CHITTENDEN, 
W.  E.  DODGE, 
MORRIS  KETCHUM, 
GEORGE  OPDTKE, 
JONATHAN  STURGES, 
WILLIAM  T.  BLODGETT, 
BENJAMIN  R.  WINTHROP, 
HENRY  K.  BOQERT, 
SHEPHERD  KNAPP, 
JOHN  J.  ASTOR,  JR., 
JOHN  STEWARD, 


PETER  COOPER, 
DOUGLAS  TAYLOR, 
JOHN  J.  Cisco, 
A.  T.  STEWART, 
LEONARD  W.  JEROME, 
FRANK  W.  WORTH, 
it.  L.  CUTTING, 
A  B.  BAYLIS, 
NEHEMIAH  KNIGHT, 
W.  H.  NEILSON, 
PROSPER  M.  WETMORE, 
PAUL  SPOPPORD, 
JOSIAII  HEDDEN, 
THOMAS  C.  ACTON, 

E.  P.  COWLES, 
WED.  W.  CLARKE, 

F.  S.  WINSTON, 
T.  C.  DOREMUS. 

D.  TAN  NOSTRAND, 
ALFRED  EDWARDS, 
JOHN  D.  JONES, 
S.  S.  WYCKOFF, 

G.  G.  HOWLAND, 

TIMOTHY  D.  CHURCHILL, 
SAMUEL  B.  CALDWELL, 
RUFUB  F.  ANDREWS, 
WILLIAM  H.  WEBB, 
166 


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FRANCIS  LIBBER, 
ROBEKT  L.  STUART, 
ROBERT  S.  HONE, 
CHARLES  P.  DALY, 

A.  C.  KINGSLAND, 
R.  H.  McCuRDT, 
BENJAMIN  W.  BONNET, 
EDWIN  HOYT, 
JAMES  WADSWORTH, 
GEORGE  CABOT  WARD, 
WILLIAM  H  FOGG, 
JOHN  J.  PHELPS, 

J.  F.  D.  LANIER, 
W.  M.  VERMTILYE, 
JAMES  BROWN, 
GEORGE  WILLIAM  CURTIS, 
HENRY  M.  TABER, 
WILLIAM  B.  ASTOR, 
ELLIOT  C.  COWDIN, 
RICHARD  M.  BLATCHPORD, 

B.  C.  MORRIS, 
CHARLES  H.  RUSSELL, 
MOSES  F.  ODELL, 
SETH  B.  HUNT, 
WILLIAM  M.  TWEED, 
EDWABDS  PIERKEPONT, 
JOHN  A.  STEWART, 
JOHN  C.  GREEN, 
MARVELLE  W.  COOPER, 
WILLIAM  H.  LEE, 


HENRY  CLEWS,  Treasurer. 


CHABLES  A.  STETSON, 
HORACE  B.  CLAFLIN, 
CHARLES  GOULD, 
L.  W.  WINCHESTER, 
A.  R.  WETMORE, 
JOHN  E.  WILLIAMS, 
JOSIAH  M.  FISK, 
S.  R.  BEEBE, 
FRANK  E.  HOWE, 
DENNING  DCER, 
JOHN  A.  C.  GEAY, 
ROBERT  L.  KENNEDY, 
JOHN  ALSTYNE, 
C.  H.  LUDINGTON, 
JAMES  Low, 
GEORGE  W.  HATCH, 
RICHARD  SCHELL, 
WILLARD  PARKER, 
WILLIAM  H.  GUION, 
CHARLES  G.  CORNELL, 
E.  CAYLUS, 
WILLIAM  K  STRONG, 

E.  S.  SANFORD,  ' 
THOMAS  C.  CHALMERS, 
EZRA  NYE, 

F.  A.  CONKLING, 
HENRY  E.  CLARKE, 
M.  H.  LEVIN, 
JOHN  H.  ALMY, 
OLIVER  K,  KING. 

MOSES  TAYLOR,  Chairman. 

S.  B.  CHITTENDEN,    } 

HENRY  M.  TABER,    S.  Secretaries. 

FRANK  E.  HOWE, 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


AT  the  close  of  the  municipal  procession,  the 
Citizens'  Committee,  with  their  guests,  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  P.  M.  Wetmore  and  Mr.  S.  Sloan, 
assembled  at  Union  Square,  in  the  presence  of  a 
large  concourse  of  people.  Mr.  Blodgett  announced 
Hon.  JOHN  A.  KING,  as  President  of  the  meeting. 
Governor  King  introduced  Reverend  STEPHEN  H. 

TTNG,  D.D.,  who  offered  the  following 

t 

f  t  a  i)  t  r  : 

I  am  the  Resurrection  and  the  Life,  saith  the 
Lord;  he  that  believeth  in  Me,  though  he  were 
dead,  yet  shall  he  live,  and  whosoever  liveth  and 
believeth  in  Me  shall  never  die.  I  know  that  my 
Redeemer  liveth,  and  that  He  shall  stand  at  the  lat- 
ter day  upon  the  earth,  and  though,  after  my  skin, 
worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I 
see  God,  whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine 
eyes  shall  behold  and  not  another.  We  brought 
nothing  into  this  \vorld,  and  it  is  certain  we  can 
carry  nothing  out.  The  Lord  gave,  the  Lord 
hath  taken  away;  blessed  be  the  Name  of  the 
Lord. 

O  God,  who  art  the  God  of  the  spirits  of  all 

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flesh,  in  whose  hand  our  breath  is  and  whose  are 
all  our  ways,  in  Thine  infinite  wisdom  Thou  hast 
seen  well  to  take  away  the  desire  of  our  eyes 
with  a  stroke,  the  anointed  of  the  Lord  and  the 
faithful  choice  of  a  loving  people,  under  whose 
shadow  we  hoped  and  desired  to  dwell  before 
Thee.  We  bow  before  Thy  righteous  will  with 
deep  humiliation,  submission,  confidence,  and 
faith.  We  revere  and  acknowledge  Thee  as  the 
High  and  Lofty  One  who  inhabitest  eternity,  whose 
name  is  Holy,  with  whom  is  no  variableness, 
neither  shadow  of  turning.  We  look  up  to  Thee 
as  a  Father  of  infinite  tenderness,  reconciling  us 
unto  Thyself  in  Thy  dear  Son;  and  as  a  father 
pitieth  his  own  children,  so  to  have  compassion 
on  all  them  that  fear  Thee.  We  confess  Thee  as 
the  Saviour  and  defense  of  Thy  people,  Who  hast 
put  away  their  sins  by  an  infinite  sacrifice,  and  as 
far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  and  rememberest 
our  iniquity  no  more.  We  acknowledge  Thee  this 
day  the  God  of  all  comfort  and  consolation,  Whose 
gracious  command  in  Thy  word  is,  "  Comfort  ye, 
comfort  ye  iny  people,  saith  your  God ;  cry  unto 
them  that  their  warfare  is  accomplished  and  their 
iniquity  is  pardoned."  O  God,  we  would  bow 
with  deep  humility  before  the  righteousness  of 
Thy  will,  and  with  unfeigned  gratitude  acknowl- 

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edge  the  fullness  of  Thy  grace.  A  mourning  and 
bereaved  people  gather  together  at  Thy  feet ;  we 
would  come  with  the  deepest  feeling  of  thankful- 
ness for  that  which  Thou  hast  given  and  that 
which  Thou  hast  taken  away.  We  bless  Thee 
for  all  the  influence,  example,  wisdom,  and  fidelity 
of  the  loved  and  exalted  ruler  whom  Thou  didst 
set  over  us,  and  whom  Thou  hast  now  taken  to 
Thyself.  We  praise  Thee  that  thou  hast  made 
him  the  instrument  of  saving  this  nation  from 
overthrow  and  ruin ;  that  Thou  hast  made  him 
Thine  agent  in  subduing  a  rebellion  terrific  and 

O  O 

atrocious,  whose  condemnation  is  recorded  by  Thee. 
We  bless  Thee  that  Thou  hast  spoken  peace  by 
him  to  the  oppressed  and  suffering,  proclaiming 
liberty  to  those  held  in  bondage,  and  bidding  mil- 
lions of  the  helpless  and  despairing  lift  up  their 
heads  with  joy  among  Thy  people.  We  thank 
Thee  for  the  remembrance  of  all  his  fidelity  in 
government,  ruling  in  equity  as  the  morning  which 
riseth  without  a  cloud ;  and  for  all  that  meekness 
and  gentleness,and  faithfulness  and  love, which  were 
so  attractive  and  so  conspicuous  in  his  example. 
And  while  with  the  deepest  sense  of  our  loss  we 
bow,  as  bereaved  and  mourning  ones,  at  Thy  feet, 
with  the  most  humble  thankfulness  for  all  that  the 
nation  has  gained  through  his  instrumentality  and 


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faithfulness,  we  adore  and  glorify  Thy  name.  We 
meet  throughout  this  land  to-day  in  the  spirit  of 
accordant  supplication  and  praise.  We  implore 
Thy  blessing  upon  this  whole  nation,  that  this 
chastisement,  painful  and  mysterious  as  it  appears, 
may  be  Thine  instrument  for  uniting  this  people 
in  bonds  of  fellowship  and  love,  and  bringing  the 
hearts  of  all  in  full  accord  in  the  support  of  the 
government  which  thou  hast  set  over  us,  and  in 
seeking  the  things  which  make  for  peace,  and  the 
things  whereby  one  may  edify  another.  We  pray 
that  in  the  midst  of  Thy  judgments  this  whole 
nation  may  learn  righteousness.  We  implore  Thy 
gracious  blessing  upon  the  sorrowing  and  the  suf- 
fering, upon  the  wounded  and  the  bereaved  who 
have  given  their  joy  on  earth,  their  health  in  early 
life,  as  a  service  and  sacrifice  for  their  fidelity  to  us 
and  their  obedience  to  Thee.  We  unite  in  supplica- 
tion for  Thy  blessing  upon  the  widow  and  the  fa- 
therless, who  stood  in  the  tenderest  relations  to  our 
honored  and  exalted  ruler ;  and  while  from  them, 
as  from  us,  Thou  hast  hidden  lover  and  friend  in 
darkness,  we  implore  Thee  to  be  the  everlasting 
Ruler  of  this  people,  and  make  them  to  remember 
and  feel  that  the  Most  High  ordereth  all  things 
among  the  nations  of  the  earth,  putting  down  one 
and  setting  up  another.  We  implore  Thy  blessing 

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upon  him  whom,  in  thine  own  providence,  Thou 
hast  exalted  to  be  the  present  ruler  of  this  nation. 
Guard  his  valued  life  from  outward  violence  and 
from  fear  of  wrong,  guide  him  by  thine  own  wis- 
dom and  judgment,  and  succor  and  defend  him 
by  thine  own  protecting  power.  Give  him  wise 
and  faithful  counselors  who  shall  combine  to  rule 
this  people  in  equity  and  truth ;  prosper  all  their 
efforts  for  a  speedy,  stable,  and  righteous  peace 
throughout  this  nation. 

O  God !  in  the  sorrow  of  this  day  hasten  the 
coming  hour  when  this  people  shall  desire  to  learn 
war  no  more;  when  they  shall  speak  peace  to  all 
the  nations  of  the  earth ;  and  North  and  South. 
East  and  West,  dwelling  in  concord  and  harmony, 
we  shall  be  one  people,  known  by  one  name  and 
feeling,  and  that  we  have  one  interest  forever.  Set 
up  Thy  glorious  Gospel  through  all  this  land ; 
make  it  Emanuel's  land ;  and  as  Thou  wast  our 
fathers'  God,  be  Thou  our  God  and  the  God  of  our 
seed  afterward,  from  generation  to  generation, 
through  successive  Presidents  of  fidelity,  useful- 
ness, and  honor ;  that  this  people  may  be  a  pros- 
pered people,  a  thankful  people,  a  useful  people,  a 
holy  people,  under  Thy  Government  and  by  Thy 
blessing.  And  this  day  we  ask  that  for  all  the 
nations  of  the  earth  a  dominion  of  righteousness 
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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


and  peace — thine  everlasting  dominion — may  be 
set  up,  and  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  may  become 
the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  of  His  Christ.  Meet 
us,  sanctify  us,  and  bless  us  as  we  are  here  to- 
gether ;  and  in  the  spirit  of  filial  gratitude  and 
humility  teach  us  to  unite  in  using  those  precious 
words  of  our  Divine  Redeemer :  Our  Father,  who 
art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  Thy  name ;  Thy  king- 
dom come ;  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in 
heaven  ;  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread,  and  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who 
trespass  against  us ;  and  lead  us  not  into  tempta- 
tion, but  deliver  us  from  evil ;  for  thine  is  the 
kingdom,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever 
and  ever.  A.men, 


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®  ll  t     (ft  *  »  H  0  tt . 

Hon.  GEORGE  BANCROFT  then  pronounced  the 
Oration,  as  follows : 

Our  grief  and  horror  at  the  crime  which  has 
clothed  the  continent  in  mourning,  find  no  adequate 
expression  in  words,  and  no  relief  in  tears.  The 
President  of  the  United  States  of  America  has 
fallen  by  the  hands  of  an  assassin.  Neither  the 
office  with  which  he  was  invested  by  the  approved 
choice  of  a  mighty  people,  nor  the  most  simple- 
hearted  kindliness  of  nature,  could  save  him  from 
the  fiendish  passions  of  relentless  fanaticism.  The 
waitings  of  the  millions  attend  his  remains  as  they 
are  borne  in  solemn  procession  over  our  great 
rivers,  along  the  seaside,  beyond  the  mountains, 
across  the  prairie,  to  their  resting-place  in  the  Val- 
ley of  the  Mississippi.  His  funeral  knell  vibrates 
through  the  world,  and  the  friends  of  freedom  of 
every  tongue  and  in  every  clime  are  his  mourners. 

Too  few  days  have  passed  away  since  Abraham 
Lincoln  stood  in  the  flush  of  vigorous  manhood,  to 
permit  any  attempt  at  an  analysis  of  his  character 
or  an  exposition  of  his  career.  We  find  it  hard  to 
believe  that  his  large  eyes,  which  in  their  softness 

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and  beauty  expressed  nothing  but  benevolence  and 
gentleness,  are  closed  in  death  ;  we  almost  look  for 
the  pleasant  smile  that  brought  out  more  vividly 
the  earnest  cast  of  his  features,  which  were  serious 
even  to  sadness.  A  few  years  ago  he  was  a  village 
attorney,  engaged  in  the  support  of  a  rising  family, 
unknown  to  fame,  scarcely  named  beyond  his 
neighborhood;  his  administration  made  him  the 
most  conspicuous  man  in  his  country,  and  drew  on 
him  first  the  astonished  gaze,  and  then  the  respect 
and  admiration  of  the  world. 

Those  who  come  after  us  will  decide  how  much 
of  the  wonderful  results  of  his  public  career  is  due 
to  his  own  good  common  sense,  his  shrewd  sagacity, 
readiness  of  wit,  quick  interpretation  of  the  public 
mind,  his  rare  combination  of  fixedness  and  pliancy, 
his  steady  tendency  of  purpose;  how  much  to  the 
American  people,  who,  as  he  walked  with  them 
side  by  side,  inspired  him  with  their  own  wisdom 
and  energy ;  and  how  much  to  the  overruling  laws 
of  the  moral  world,  by  which  the  selfishness  of  evil 
is  made  to  defeat  itself.  But  after  every  allowance, 
it  will  remain  that  members  of  the  government 
which  preceded  his  administration  opened  the 
gates  to  treason,  and  he  closed  them;  that  when 
he  went  to  Washington  the  ground  on  which  he 
trod  shook  under  his  feet,  and  he  left  the  republic 

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on  a  solid  foundation ;  that  traitors  had  seized 
public  forts  and  arsenals,  and  he  recovered  them 
for  the  United  States,  to  whom  they  belonged ; 
that  the  capital,  which  he  found  the  abode  of 
slaves,  is  now  the  home  only  of  the  free  ;  that  the 
boundless  public  domain  which  was  grasped  at, 
and,  in  a  great  measure,  held  for  the  diffusion  of 
slavery,  is  now  irrevocably  devoted  to  freedom ; 
that  then  men  talked  a  jargon  of  a  balance  of 
power  in  a  republic  between  slave  States  and  free 
States,  and  now  the  foolish  words  are  blown  away 
forever  by  the  breath  of  Maryland,  Missouri,  and 
Tennessee  ;  that  a  terrible  cloud  of  political  heresy 
rose  from  the  abyss,  threatening  to  hide  the  light 
of  the  sun,  and  under  its  darkness  a  rebellion  was 
growing  into  indefinable  proportions ;  now  the 
atmosphere  is  purer  than  ever  before,  and  the 
insurrection  is  vanishing  away ;  the  country  is  cast 
into  another  mould,  and  the  gigantic  system  of 
wrong,  which  had  been  the  work  of  more  than  two 
centuries,  is  dashed  down,  we  hope  forever.  And 
as  to  himself,  personally  :  he  was  then  scoffed  at 
by  the  proud  as  unfit  for  his  station,  and  now 
against  the  usage  of  later  years  and  in  spite  of 
mimerous  competitors  he  was  the  unbiased  and  the 
undoubted  choice  of  the  American  people  for  a 
second  term  of  service.  Through  all  the  mad  busi- 

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ness  of  treason  lie  retained  the  sweetness  of  a  most 
placable  disposition  ;  and  the  slaughter  of  myriads 
of  the  best  on  the  battle-field,  and  the  more  terri- 
ble destruction  of  our  men  in  captivity  by  the 
slow  torture  of  exposure  and  starvation,  had  never 
been  able  to  provoke  him  into  harboring  one 
vengeful  feeling  or  one  purpose  of  cruelty. 

How  shall  the  nation  most  completely  show  its 
sorrow  at  Mr.  Lincoln's  death  ?  How  shall  it  best 
honor  his  memory  ?  There  can  be  but  one  answer. 
He  was  struck  down  when  he  was  highest  in  its 
service,  and  in  strict  conformity  with  duty  was 
engaged  in  carrying  out  principles  affecting  its  life, 
its  good  name,  and  its  relations  to  the  cause  of 
freedom  and  the  progress  of  mankind.  Grief  must 
take  the  character  of  action,  and  breathe  itself 
forth  in  the  assertion  of  the  policy  to  which  he  fell 
a  victim.  The  standard  which  he  held  in  his  hand 
must  be  uplifted  again  higher  and  more  firmly 
than  before,  and  must  be  carried  on  to  triumph. 
Above  everything  else,  his  proclamation  of  the 
first  day  of  January,  1863,  declaring  throughout 
the  parts  of  the  country  in  rebellion,  the  freedom 
of  all  persons  who  had  been  held  as  slaves,  must 
be  affirmed  and  maintained. 

Events,  as  they  rolled  onward,  have  removed 
every  doubt  of  the  legality  and  binding  force  of 


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that  proclamation.  The  country  and  the  rebel 
government  have  each  laid  claim  to  the  public 
service  of  the  slave,  and  yet  but  one  of  the  two 
can  have  a  rightful  claim  to  such  service.  That 
rightful  claim  belongs  to  the  United  States,  because 
every  one  born  on  their  soil,  with  the  few  excep- 
tions of  the  children  of  travelers  and  transient 
residents,  owes  them  a  primary  allegiance.  Every 
one  so  -born  has  been  counted  among  those  rep- 
resented in  Congress;  every  slave  has  ever  been 
represented  in  Congress ;  imperfectly  and  wrongly 
it  may  be — but  still  has  been  counted  and  repre- 
sented. The  slave  born  on  our  soil  always  owed 
allegiance  to  the  General  Government.  It  may  in 
time  past  have  been  a  qualified  allegiance,  mani- 
fested through  his  master,  as  the  allegiance  of  a 
ward  through  its  guardian,  or  of  an  infant  through 
its  parent.  But  when  the  master  became  false  to 
his  allegiance,  the  slave  stood  face  to  face  with  his 
country ;  and  his  allegiance,  which  may  before 
have  been  a  qualified  one,  became  direct  and  im- 
mediate. His  chains  fell  off,  and  he  rose  at  once 
in  the  presence  of  the  nation,  bound,  like  the  rest 
of  us,  to  its  defense.  Mr.  Lincoln's  proclamation 
did  but  take  notice  of  the  already  existing  right 
of  the  bondman  to  freedom.  The  treason  of  the 
master  made  it  a  public  crime  for  the  slave  to  con- 

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tinue  his  obedience ;  the  treason  of  a,  State  set  free 
the  collective  bondmen  of  that  State. 

This  doctrine  is  supported  by  the  analogy  of 
precedents.  In  the  times  of  feudalism  the  treason 
of  the  lord  of  the  manor  deprived  him  of  his  serfs ; 
the  spurious  feudalism  that  existed  among  us 
differs  in  many  respects  from  the  feudalism  of  the 
middle  ages,  but  so  far  the  precedent  runs  parallel 
with  the  present  case  ;  for  treason  the  master  then, 
for  treason  the  master  now,  loses  his  slaves. 

In  the  middle  ages  the  sovereign  appointed 
another  lord  over  the  serfs  and  the  land  which 
they  cultivated ;  in  our  day  the  sovereign  makes 
them  masters  of  their  own  persons,  lords  over 
themselves. 

It  has  been  said  that  we  are  at  war,  and  that 
emancipation  is  not  a  belligerent  right.  The  ob- 
jection disappears  before  analysis.  In  a  war 
between  independent  powers  the  invading  foreigner 
invites  to  his  standard  all  who  will  give  him  aid, 
whether  bond  or  free,  and  he  rewards  them  accord- 
ing to  his  ability  and  his  pleasure,  with  gifts  or 
freedom;  but  when  at  peace,  he  withdraws  from 
the  invaded  country,  he  must  take  his  aiders  and 
comforters  with  him ;  or  if  he  leaves  them  behind, 
where  he  has  no  court  to  enforce  his  decrees,  he 
can  give  them  no  security,  unless  it  be  by  the 


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stipulations  of  a  treaty.  In  a  civil  war  it  is  alto- 
gether different.  There,  when  rebellion  is  crushed, 
the  old  government  is  restored,  and  its  courts 
resume  their  jurisdiction.  So  it  is  with  us ;  the 
United  States  have  courts  of  their  own,  that  must 
punish  the  guilt  of  treason  and  vindicate  the  free- 
dom of  persons  whom  the  fact  of  rebellion  has  set 
free. 

Nor  may  it  be  said,  that  because  slavery  existed 
in  most  of  the  States  when  the  Union  was  formed, 
it  cannot  rightly  be  interfered  with  now.  A 
change  has  taken  place,  such  as  Madison  foresaw, 
and  for  which  he  pointed  out  the  remedy.  The 
constitutions  of  States  had  been  transformed  before 
the  plotters  of  treason  carried  them  away  into 
rebellion.  When  the  federal  Constitution  was 
framed,  general  emancipation  was  thought  to  be 
near;  and  everywhere  the  respective  legislatures 
had  authority,  in  the  exercise  of  their  ordinary 
functions,  to  do  away  with  slavery.  Since  that 
time  the  attempt  has  been  made  in  what  are  called 
slave  States,  to  render  the  condition  of  slavery 
perpetual ;  and  events  have  proved  with  the  clear- 
ness of  demonstration,  that  a  constitution  which 
seeks  to  continue  a  caste  of  hereditary  bondmen 
through  endless  generations,  is  inconsistent  with 
the  existence  of  republican  institutions. 

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So,  then,  the  new  President  and  the  people  of 
the  United  States  must  insist  that  the  proclama- 
tion of  freedom  shall  stand  as  a  reality.  And, 
moreover,  the  people  must  never  cease  to  insist 
that  the  Constitution  shall  be  so  amended  as 
utterly  to  prohibit  slavery  on  any  part  of  our  soil 
for  evermore. 

Alas !  that  a  State  in  our  vicinity  should  with- 
hold its  assent  to  this  last  beneficent  measure ;  its 
refusal  was  an  encouragement  to  our  enemies  equal 
to  the  gain  of  a  pitched  battle;  and  delays  the 
only  hopeful  method  of  pacification.  The  removal 
of  the  cause  of  the  rebellion  is  not  only  demanded 
by  justice  ;  it  is  the  policy  of  mercy,  making  room 
for  a  wider  clemency ;  it  is  the  part  of  order  against 
a  chaos  of  controversy ;  its  success  brings  with  it 
true  reconcilement,  a  lasting  peace,  a  continuous 
growth  of  confidence  through  an  assimilation  of 
the  social  condition. 

Here  is  the  fitting  expression  of  the  mourning 
of  to-day. 

And  let  no  lover  of  his  country  say  that  this 
warning  is  uncalled  for.  The  cry  is  delusive  that 
slavery  is  dead.  Even  now  it  is  nerving  itself  for 
a  fresh  struggle  for  continuance.  The  last  winds 
from  the  south  waft  to  us  the  sad  intelligence  that 
a  man  who  had  surrounded  himself  with  the  glory 

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of  the  most  brilliant  and  most  varied  achievements, 
\vho  but  a  week  ago  was  counted  with  affectionate 
pride  among  the  greatest  benefactors  of  his  country, 
and  the  ablest  generals  of  all  time,  has  initiated 
the  exercise  of  more  than  the  whole  power  of 
the  Executive,  and  under  the  name  of  peace  has, 
perhaps  unconsciously,  revived  slavery,  and  given 
the  hope  of  security  and  political  power  to  traitors, 
from  the  Chesapeake  to  the  Rio  Grande.  Why 
could  he  not  remember  the  dying  advice  of  Wash- 
ington, never  to  draw  the  sword  but  for  self-de- 
fence or  the  rights  of  his  country,  and  when  drawn, 
never  to  sheathe  it  till  its  work  should  be  accom- 
plished ?  And  yet,  from  this  ill-considered  act, 
which  the  people  with  one  united  voice  condemn, 
no  great  evil  will  follow  save  the  shadow  on  his 
own  fame,  and  that  also  we  hope  will  pass  away. 
The  individual,  even  in  the  greatness  of  military 
glory,  sinks  into  insignificance  before  the  resistless 
movements  of  ideas  in  the  history  of  man.  No 
one  can  turn  back  or  stay  the  march  of  Providence. 
No  sentiment  of  despair  may  mix  with  our  sor- 
row. We  owe  it  to  the  memory  of  the  dead,  we 
owe  it  to  the  cause  of  popular  liberty  throughout 
the  world,  that  the  sudden  crime  which  has  taken 
the  life  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  shall 
not  produce  the  least  impediment  in  the  smooth 

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course  of  public  affairs.  This  great  city,  in  the 
midst  of  unexampled  emblems  of  deeply-seated 
grief,  has  sustained  itself  with  composure  and  mag- 
nanimity. It  has  nobly  done  its  part  in  guarding 
against  the  derangement  of  business  or  the  slightest 
shock  to  public  credit.  The  enemies  of  the  repub- 
lic put  it  to  the  severest  trial ;  but  the  voice  of 
faction  has  not  been  heard ;  doubt  and  despond- 
ency have  been  unknown.  In  .serene  majesty  the 
country  rises  in  the  beauty  and  strength  and  hope 
of  youth,  and  proves  to  the  world  the  quiet  energy 
and  the  durability  of  institutions  growing  out  of 
the  reason  and  affections  of  the  people. 

Heaven  has  willed  it  that  the  United  States 
shall  live.  The  nations  of  the  earth  cannot  spare 
them.  All  the  worn-out  aristocracies  of  Europe 
saw  in  the  spurious  feudalism  of  slaveholding, 
their  strongest  outpost,  and  banded  themselves 
together  with  the  deadly  enemies  of  our  national 
life.  If  the  Old  World  will  discuss  the  respective 
advantages  of  oligarchy  or  equality  ;  of  the  union 
of  Church  and  State,  or  the  rightful  freedom  of 
religion ;  of  land  accessible  to  the  many,  or  of  land 
monopolized  by  an  ever-decreasing  number  of  the 
few,  the  United  States  must  live  to  control  the 
decision  by  their  quiet  and  unobtrusive  example. 
It  has  often  and  truly  been  observed,  that  the 

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trust  and  affection  of  the  masses  gather  naturally 
round  an  individual ;  if  the  inquiry  is  made, 
whether  the  man  so  trusted  and  beloved  shall  elicit 
from  the  reason  of  the  people  enduring  institutions 
of  their  own,  or  shall  sequester  political  power  for 
a  superintending  dynasty,  the  United  States  must 
live  to  solve  the  problem.  If  a  question  is  raised 
on  the  respective  merits  of  Timoleon  or  Julius 
Csesar,  of  Washington  or  Napoleon,  the  United 
States  must  be  there  to  call  to  mind  that  there  were 
twelve  Caesars,  most  of  them  the  opprobrium  of 
the  human  race,  and  to  contrast  with  them  the  line 
of  American  presidents. 

The  duty  of  the  hour  is  incomplete,  our  mourn- 
ing is  insincere,  if,  while  we  express  unwavering 
trust  in  the  great  principles  that  underlie  our  Gov- 
ernment, we  do  not  also  give  our  support  to  the 
man  to  whom  the  people  have  intrusted  its  admin- 
istration. 

"Andrew  Johnson  is  now,  by  the  Constitution, 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  he  stands 
before  the  world  as  the  most  conspicuous  represen- 
tative of  the  industrial  classes.  Left  an  orphan  at 
four  years  old,  poverty  and  toil  were  his  steps  to 
honor.  His  youth  was  not  passed  in  the  halls  of 
colleges ;  nevertheless  he  has  received  a  thorough 
political  education  in  statesmanship,  in  the  school 


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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


of  the  people,  and  by  long  experience  of  public 
life.  A  village  functionary ;  member  successively 
of  each  branch  of  the  Tennessee  legislative,  hear- 
ing with  a  thrill  of  joy,  the  words,  "The  Union,  it 
must  be  preserved  ; "  a  representative  in  Congress 
for  successive  years ;  governor  of  the  great  State 
of  Tennessee ;  approved  as  its  governor  by  re- 
election; he  was  at  the  opening  of  the  rebellion  a 
senator  from  that  State  in  Congress.  Then  at  the 
Capitol,  when  senators,  unrebuked  by  the  Govern- 
ment, sent  word  by  telegram  to  seize  forts  and 
arsenals,  ho  alone  from  that  southern .  region  told 
them  what  the  Government  did  not  dare  to  tell 
them,  that  they  were  traitors,  and  deserved  the 
punishment  of  treason.  Undismayed  by  a  per- 
petual purpose  of  public  enemies  to  take  his  life, 
bearing  up  against  the  still  greater  trial  of  the  per- 
secution of  his  wife  and  children,  in  due  time  he 
went  back  to  his  State,  determined  to  restore  it  to 
the  Union,  or  die  with  the  American  flag  for  his 
winding-sheet.  And  now,  at  the  call  of  the  United 
States,  he  has  returned  to  Washington  as  a  con- 
queror, with  Tennessee  as  a  free  State  for  his  tro- 
phy. It  remains  for  him  to  consummate  the  vindi- 
cation of  the  Union. 

To  that  Union  Abraham  Lincoln  has  fallen  a 
martyr.     His  death,  which  was  meant  to  sever  it 

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beyond  repair,  binds  it  more  closely  and  more 
firmly  than  ever.  The  blow  aimed  at  him,  was 
aimed  not  at  the  native  of  Kentucky,  not  at  the 
citizen  of  Illinois,  but  at  the  man,  who,  as  Presi- 
dent, in  the  executive  branch  of  the  Government, 
stood  as  the  representative  of  every  man  in  the 
United  States.  The  object  of  the  crime  was  the 
life  of  the  whole  people ;  and  it  wounds  the  affec- 
tions of  the  whole  people.  From  Maine  to  the 
southwest  boundary  on  the  Pacific,  it  makes  us 
one.  The  country  may  have  needed  an  imperish- 
able grief  to  touch  its  inmost  feeling.  The  grave 
that  receives  the  remains  of  Lincoln,  receives  the 
costly  sacrifice  to  the  Union  ;  the  monument  which 
will  rise  over  his  body  will  bear  witness  to  the 
Union;  his  enduring  memory  will  assist  during 
countless  ages  to  bind  the  States  together,  and  to 
incite  to  the  love  of  our  one  undivided,  indivisible 
country.  Peace  to  the  ashes  of  our  departed  friend, 
the  friend  of  his  country  and  his  race.  He  was 
hap'py  in  his  life,  for  he  was  the  restorer  of  the 
republic ;  he  was  happy  in  his  death,  for  his  mar- 
tyrdom will  plead  forever  for  the  Union  of  the 
States  and  the  freedom  of  man. 


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®b*   U  a  #  t  $ttXH0itfRf. 
At  the  close  of  the  Oration,  the  last  Inaugural 

'  O 

Address  of  President  Lincoln  was  read  by  REV.  J. 
P.  THOMPSON,  D.  D.,  as  follows : 

FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN — At  this  second  appearing 
to  take  the  oath  of  the  Presidential  office,  there  is 
less  occasion  for  an  extended  address  than  there  was 
at  the  first.  Then  a  statement  somewhat  in  detail 
of  a  course  to  be  pursued  seemed  very  fitting  and 
proper.  Now,  at  the  expiration  of  four  years,  dur- 
ing which  public  declarations  have  been  constantly 
called  forth  on  every  point  and  phase  of  the  great 
contest  which  still  absorbs  the  attention  and  en- 
grosses the  energies  of  the  nation,  little  that  is  new 
could  be  presented. 

The  progress  of  our  arms — upon  which  all  else 
chiefly  depends — is  as  well  known  to  the  public  as 
to  myself;  and  it  is,  I  trust,  reasonably  satisfactory 
and  encouraging  to  all.  With  high  hope  for  the 
future,  no  prediction  in  regard  to  it  is  ventured. 

On  the  occasion  corresponding  to  this  four  years 
ago,  all  thoughts  were  anxiously  directed  to  an 
impending  civil  war.  All  dreaded  it ;  all  sought 
to  avoid  it.  While  the  inaugural  address  was 
being  delivered  from  this  place,  devoted  altogether 


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to  saving  the  Union  without  war,  insurgent  agents 
were  in  the  city  seeking  to  destroy  it  without  war 
—seeking  to  dissolve  the  Union  and  divide  the 
effects  by  negotiation. 

Both  parties  deprecated  war;  but  one  of  them 
would  make  war  rather  than  let  the  nation  sur- 
vive, and  the  other  would  accept  war  rather  than 
let  it  perish ;  and  the  war  came. 

One-eighth  of  the  whole  population  were  colored 
slaves,  not  distributed  generally  over  the  Union, 
but  localized  in  the  southern  part  of  it.  These 
slaves  constituted  a  peculiar  and  powerful  interest. 
All  knew  that  this  interest  was  somehow  the  cause 
of  the  war.  To  strengthen,  perpetuate,  and  extend 
this  interest  was  the  object  for  which  the  insur- 
gents would  rend  the  Union  by  war,  while  the 
Government  claimed  no  right  to  do  more  than  to 
restrict  the  territorial  enlargement  of  it. 

Neither  party  expected  for  the  war  the  magni- 
tude or  the  duration  which  it  has  already  attained. 
Neither  anticipated  that  the  cause  of  the  conflict 
might  cease,  even  before  the  conflict  itself  should 
cease.  Each  looked  for  an  easier  triumph  and  a 
result  less  fundamental  and  astounding. 

Both  read  the  same  Bible  and  pray  to  the  same 
God,  and  each  invokes  His  aid  against  the  other. 

It  may  seem  strange  that  any  men  should  dare  to 
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ask  a  just  God's  assistance  in  wringing  their  bread 
from  the  sweat  of  other  men's  faces ;  but  let  us 
judge  not,  that  we  be  not  judged.  The  prayers  of 
both  should  not  be  answered.  That  of  neither 
has  been  answered  fully.  The  Almighty  has  His 
own  purposes.  Woe  unto  the  world  because  of 
offenses,  for  it  must  needs  be  that  offenses  come ; 
but  woe  to  that  man  by  whom  the  offense  cometh. 
If  we  shall  suppose  that  American  slavery  is  one 
of  these  offenses — which,  in  the  providence  of  God, 
must  needs  come,  but  which,  having  continued 
through  His  appointed  time,  He  now  wills  to 
remove,  and  that  He  gives  to  both  North  and 
South  this  terrible  war  as  the  woe  due  to  those  by 
whom  the  offense  came — shall  we  discern  there  is 
any  departure  from  those  divine  attributes  which 
the  believers  in  a  living  God  always  ascribe  to 
Him  ?  Fondly  do  we  hope,  fervently  do  we  pray, 
that  this  mighty  scourge  of  war  may  speedily  pass 
away.  Yet,  if  God  will  that  it  continue  iintil  all 
the  wealth  piled  by  the  bondman's  two  hundred 
and  fifty  years  of  unrequited  toil  shall  be  sunk, 
and  until  every  drop  of  blood  drawn  with  the  lash 
shall  be  paid  by  another  drawn  with  the  sword — 
as  was  said  three  thousand  years  ago — so  still  it 
must  be  said,  that  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are 
true  and  righteous  altogether. 

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With  malice  toward  none,  with  charity  for  all, 
with  firmness  in  the  right,  as  God  gives  us  to  see 
the  right,  let  us  strive  on  to  finish  the  work  we  are 
in,  to  bind  up  the  nation's  wound,  to  care  for  him 
who  shall  have  borne  the  battle,  and  for  his  widow 
and  his  orphans ;  to  do  all  which  may  achieve  and 
cherish  a  just  and  a  lasting  peace  among  ourselves 
and  with  all  nations 


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REV.  WILLIAM  H.  BOOLE  then  read  the  Ninety- 
fourth  Psalm: 

1.  O  Lord  God,  to  whom  vengeance  belongeth ; 
O  God,  to.  whom  vengeance  belongeth,  show  Thy- 
self. 

2.  Lift  up  Thyself,  Thou  Judge  of  the  earth ; 
render  a  reward  to  the  proud. 

3.  Lord,  how  long  shall  the  wicked,  how  long 
shall  the  wicked  triumph  ? 

4.  How  long  shall  they  utter  and  speak  hard 
things  ?    and  all  the  workers   of   iniquity   boast 
themselves  ? 

5.  They  break  in  pieces  Thy  people,  O  Lord, 
and  afflict  Thine  heritage  : 

6.  They  slay  the  widow  and  the  stranger,  and 
murder  the  fatherless. 

7.  Yet  they  say,  The  Lord  shall  not  see,  neither 
shall  the  God  of  Jacob  regard  it. 

8.  Understand,  ye  brutish  among  the  people; 
and  ye  fools,  when  will  ye  be  wise  ? 

9.  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall  He  not  hear  ? 
He  that  formed  the  eye,  shall  He  not  see  ? 

10.  He  that  chastiseth  the  heathen,  shall  not  He 

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correct?  he  that  teacheth  man  knowledge,  shall 
not  He  know  ? 

11.  The  Lord  knoweth  the  thoughts  of  man, 
that  they  are  vanity. 

12.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  Thou  chasten eth, 
O  Lord,  and  teacheth  him  out  of  Thy  law ; 

13.  That  Thou  mayst  give  him  rest  from  the 
days  of  adversity,  until  the  pit  be  digged  for  the 
wicked. 

14.  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  His  people, 
neither  will  He  forsake  His  inheritance : 

15.  But  judgment  shall  return  unto  righteous- 
ness ;  and  all  the  upright  in  heart  shall  follow  it. 

16.  Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against  the  evil- 
doers ?  or  who  will  stand  up  for  me  against  the 
workers  of  iniquity  ? 

17.  Unless  the  Lord  had  been  my  help,  my  soul 
had  almost  dwelt  in  silence. 

18.  When  I  said,  My  foot  slippeth ;  Thy  mercy, 
O  Lord,  held  me  up. 

19.  In  the  multitude  of  my  thoughts  within  me 
Thy  comforts  delight  my  soul. 

20.  Shall  the  throne  of  iniquity  have  fellowship 
with  Thee,  which  frameth  mischief  by  law? 

21.  They  gather  themselves  together  against  the 
soul  of  the  righteous,  and  condemn  the  innocent 
blood. 

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22.  But  the  Lord  is  my  defense;  and  niy  God  is 
the  rock  of  my  refuge. 

23.  And  He  shall  bring  upon  them  their  own 
iniquity,  and    shall   cut  them  off  in   their   own 
wickedness;   yea,  the   Lord   our   God    shall   cut 
them  off. 


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REV.  E.  P.  ROGERS,  D.D.,  offered  the  following 
Prayer : 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  Thou  art  our 
God,  and  we  will  praise  Thee.  Thou  wert  our 
fathers'  God,  and  we  will  magnify  Thy  holy  name. 
Thou  art  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  inhal>iteth 
eternity.  Thou  doest*  all  things  according  to  Thy 
will,  among  the  armies  of  heaven  and  among  the 
inhabitants  of  earth.  None  can  stay  Thy  hand  or 
say,  "What  doest  Thou?"  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea 
and  Thy  path  in  the  great  waters,  and  Thy  foot- 
steps are  not  known.  Clouds  and  darkness  are 
around  and  beneath,  but  righteousness  and  judg- 
ment are  the  habitation  of  Thy  throne.  Thou 
hast,  in  Thy  inscrutable  providence,  called  us 
together  in  sadness  and  sorrow,  and  stricken  a 
mourning  people.  We  bow  beneath  the  stroke  of 
Thy  hand,  and  we  lift  up  our  hearts  to  Thee  out 
of  the  depths  of  the  calamity.  Thou  hast  removed, 
by  a  sudden,  violent,  and  unexpected  blow,  our 
honored  President.  Thou  hast  broken  our  strong 
staff  and  our  beautiful  rod,  and,  from  one  end  of 
this  land  to  the  other,  the  sound  of  wailing  and 

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of  woe  is  borne  on  every  breeze.  The  nation  fol- 
lows the  body  of  its  lamented  chief,  with  mourn- 
ing hearts  and  streaming  eyes,  to  its  last  earthly 
resting-place.  We  humble  ourselves,  O  God, 
beneath  the  stroke  of  Thy  hand,  and  we  find  com- 
fort and  hope  in  the  thought  that  it  is  not  an 
enemy  that  has  dealt  us  the  blow,  but  a  just  God, 
in  His  infinite  wisdom,  and  who  doeth  all  things 
well ;  and  so  we  would  say,  in  the  midst  of  our 
sorrows  over  the  bier  of  our  lamented  and  mur- 
dered President :  "  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord 
hath  taken  away,  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord." 
But  oh,  our  God,  while  we  mourn,  we  thank  Thee 
for  the  circumstances  of  mercy  which  are  mingled 
with  this  stroke.  We  'bless  Thee,  in  the  midst  of 
our  sorrow,  that  Thou  didst  give  us  Thy  servant 
to  be  the  leader  and  commander  of  Thy  people  in 
times  of  peril.  And  we  bless  Thee  that  Thou  hast 
girded  him  with  wisdom  and  might  in  counsel  and 
in  the  field.  We  bless  Thee  that  Thou  didst  guide 
him  in  all  his  difficult  and  delicate  way,  and  didst 
permit  him  to  live  so  long  and  do  so  much  for  the 
benefit  and  welfare  of  this  land.  And  we  bless 
Thee  that,  since  it  was  Thy  will  to  take  him  away, 
Thou  didst  remove  him  in  the  midst  of  his  years 
and  honors,  with  no  shadow  upon  his  fame,  but  to 
be  cherished  in  the  memory  of  a  grateful  people 


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to  the  latest  generations.  We  bless  Thee  that 
Thou  didst  permit  our  lamented  chief  to  see  this 
atrocious  and  causeless  rebellion  crushed.  We 
bless  Thee  that  Thou  didst  permit  him  to  see  the 
loved  banners  of  our  country  waving  again  in 
triumph  over  all  its  States  and  Territories.  We 
bless  Thee  that  Thou  didst  permit  him  to  bring 
freedom  to  the  captive,  and  liberty  to  the  bond- 
man, and  to  go  to  his  honored  grave,  to  be  kept 
ever  green  by  the  tears  of  a  grateful  people,  hav- 
ing done  his  work,  and  done  it  well,  to  the  glory 
of  God,  and  for  the  best  welfare  of  his  native  land. 
And  while  we  sorrow,  we  sorrow  not  as  others 
who  have  no  hope.  We  bless  God  for  his  mem- 
ory, enshrined  in  our  deepest  hearts.  Oh  !  let  it 
be  sacred  to  the  remotest  times  in  the  great  hearts 
of  the  American  people.  Let  it  be  an  inspiration 
to  all  that  is  pure,  all  that  is  honest,  all  that  is 
faithful,  all  that  is  patriotic ;  to  all  that  is  patient, 
gentle,  loving,  and  kind ;  to  all  that  is  firm ;  to  all 
that  is  Christian ;  and  let  peace,  with  freedom,  with 
justice,  with  righteousness,  and  with  Christianity, 
raise  an  everlasting  monument  above  the  spot 
where  sleeps  his  honored  dust.  Our  Father,  we 
commend  to  Thee  the  country  for  which  he  lived, 
and  wept,  and  toiled,  and  prayed,  and  died.  We 
bless  Thee  that  Thou  hast  given  to  that  wearied 

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brain  rest — rest  to  that  anxious  heart — rest  to 
that  troubled  spirit — a  blessed  rest.  But  we  bless 
Thee  that,  though  the  President  died,  the  Republic 
lives,  God  lives,  our  just  God ;  and  we  bless  Thee 
that,  when  our  Moses  led  the  people  through  the 
wilderness  to  the  borders  of  Canaan,  and  saw,  as 
from  Mount  Pisgah,  the  glorious  land  of  Promise, 
and  laid  him  down  to  die,  Thou  hadst  another 
Joshua  to  take  his  work  upon  him,  and  to  clear 
this  beautiful  land  of  the  last  remnant  of  the  re- 
bellious tribes.  O  God,  assist  our  new  President 
in  his  work ;  let  him  administer  justice  and  main- 
tain truth;  and  with  purity,  with  honesty,  with 
piety  and  patriotism  like  his  honored  predecessor, 
let  him  accomplish  the  great  and  delicate  work 
that  yet  remains  to  be  done,  and  be  a  benefit  to 
the  land.  Remember  the  widow  and  the  father- 
less, O  Thou  who  art  the  widow's  God  and  Father 
of  the  fatherless;  have  them  in  Thy  holy  keep- 
ing, and  wipe  their  tears  away ;  and  let  them  be 
cherished  by  the  sympathies  and  prayers  of  a  grate- 
ful people.  We  ask  Thy  tender  mercy  in  behalf 
of  Thy  servant,  the  Secretary  of  State.  O  Lord, 
heal  his  wounds,  make  his  broken  bones  rejoice, 
raise  him  up  from  the  bed  of  weakness  whereon 
he  lies,  and  let  his  counsel  yet  be  given  to  his 
country  and  his  life  be  spared  to  her  service;  and, 

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O  Lord,  let  Thy  blessing  be  on  the  land  in  all  its 
beauty  -and  glory.  Let  our  fathers'  God  be  our 
God,  and  never  in  all  its  after  history  let  the  least 
vestige  of  treason  or  of  slavery  do  anything  to 
dishonor  God  or  man,  or  rest  as  a  dark  curse  upon 
us.  But  let  the  whole  country  be  the  home  of 
freedom,  of  intelligence,  of  true  and  pure  Chris- 
tianity— a  beacon-light  among  the  nations  of  the 
earth  and  a  great  benediction  to  the  peoples. 
Hear  this  our  prayer.  Let  Thy  blessing  be  upon 
us  all,  forgive  our  sins,  and  graciously  hear,  in  the 
name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  whom,  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  shall  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with- 
out end.  Amen. 


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RABBI  ISAACS,  of  the  Jewish  Synagogue,  then 
read  the  following,  as  selections  from  their 


j5  e  v  i  it  t  u  v  e  $ . 

Remember,  O  Lord,  Thy  tender  mercies  and 
Thy  loving-kindness  for  they  are  eternal.  Grant 
us  to  be  among  those  who  die  by  Thy  hand,  O 
Lord  !  those  who  die  by  old  age,  Avhose  lot  is 
eternal  life ;  yea,  who  enjoy,  even  here,  Thy  hidden 
treasures.  His  soul  shall  dwell  at  ease,  and  his 
seed  shall  inherit  the  land.  Therefore  will  we 
not  fear,  though  the  earth  be  overturned,  and 
though  the  mountains  be  hurled  in  the  midst  of 
the  seas. 

He  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction;  He 
crowneth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and  tender 
mercies.  Wherefore  doth  a  living  man  complain, 
he  who  can  master  his  sins  ?  Small  and  great  are 
there ;  and  the  servant  is  free  from  his  master. 
For  He  remembered  that  they  were  but  flesh ;  a 
wind  that  passeth  away  and  cometh  not  again. 
All  flesh  shall  perish  together,  and  man  shall  re- 
turn unto  dust — who  rejoice  even  to  exultation, 
and  are  glad  when  they  find  a  grave. 


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And  such  a  frail  mortal,  shall  he  be  more  just 
than  God  ?  Shall  man  be  more  pure  than  his 
Maker?  In  God,  I  will  praise  His  word;  in  the 
Lord,  I  will  praise  His  word.  Man  is  like  to  van- 
ity ;  his  days  are  as  a  shadow  of  a  thing  that 
passeth  away.  Be  kind,  O  Lord,  unto  those  that 
are  good,  and  unto  them  that  are  iipright  in  their 
hearts.  Let  the  pious  exult  in  glory ;  let  them 
sing  aloud  upon  their  couches.  Then  shall  thy 
light  break  forth  as  in  the  morning,  and  thy  health 
shall  spring  forth  speedily,  and  thy  righteousness 
shall  precede  thee ;  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
thy  reward.  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from 
all  evil.  He  shall  preserve  thy  soul. 

Behold,  the  Keeper  of  Israel  doth  neither  slum- 
ber nor  sleep.  The  Eternal  killeth  and  maketh 
alive  ;  He  bringeth  down  to  the  grave  and  bringeth 
up.  Will  Thou  not  turn  and  revive  us,  that  we 
may  rejoice  in  Thee  ?  Let  us,  therefore,  trust  in 
the  Lord ;  for  with  the  Lord  is  mercy,  and  with 
Him  is  plenteous  redemption. 

One  generation  passeth  away  and  another  gen- 
eration cometh ;  but  the  earth  abideth  forever. 
For  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  upright,  and  all  His 
works  are  done  in  faithfulness.  The  dust  shall 
return  to  the  earth  as  it  was,  and  the  spirit  shall 
return  unto  God  who  gave  it.  His  seed  shall  be 

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mighty  upon  earth  ;  the  generation  of  the  xipright 
shall  be  blessed.  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord 
hath  taken  away.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 


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<f  u  Jt  e  t  H  I    <&  &  f . 

REV.  DR.  OSGOOD  then  read  the  following  Ode 
for  the  funeral  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  by  'WILLIAM 
CULLEN  BRYANT  : 

Oh,  slow  to  smite  and  swift  to  spare, 

Gentle,  and  merciful,  and  just ! 
Who,  in  the  fear  of  God,  didst  bear 

The  sword  of  power — a  nation's  trust. 

In  sorrow  by  thy  bier  we  stand, 

Amid  the  awe  that  hushes  all, 
And  speak  the  anguish  of  a  land 

That  shook  with  horror  at  thy  fall. 

Thy  task  is  done — the  bond  are  free — 
We  bear  thee  to  an  honored  grave, 

Whose  proudest  monument  shall  be 
The  broken  fetters  of  the  slave. 

Pure  was  thy  life  ;  its  bloody  close 

Hath  placed  thee  with  the  sons  of  light, 

Among  the  noble  host  of  those 
Who  perished  in  the  cause  of  right. 

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o"  h  c 


n  e  rt  i  c  t  i  0  n. 


PROFESSOR  ROSWELL  D.  HITCHCOCK,  D.D.,  then 
pronounced  the  Benediction  in  the  following 
words  : 

The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love 
of  God,  and  the  communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be 
with  you  all.  Amen. 


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fete, 


IN   THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK, 


OCCASIONED    BY    TOT 


DEATH  OF  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN, 


LATE     PRESIDENT. 


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DUKING  the  week,  meetings  of  various  societies 
and  bodies,  both  public  and  private,  were  held,  at 
which  resolutions  were  adopted.  A  few  of  these 
are  inserted  as  an  evidence  of  the  deep  feeling 
pervading  our  community  : 


»ttt  w  a  « 


v  titty. 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  TAMMANY  SOCIETY 
on  Monday  evening,  the  Hon.  ELIJAH  F.  PURDY 
presided,  and  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted  : 


That  the  members  of  this  society  are  pro- 
foundly afflicted  by  the  death  of  the  late  President,  and 
that  words  cannot  express  the  extent  of  our  feelings  at  the 
loss  which  the  whole  country  has  sustained,  nor  our  horror 
and  detestation  of  the  crime  and  its  most  unnatural  perpe- 
trator, by  which  we  have  been  deprived  of  the  head  of  the 
nation. 

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That  while  no  habiliments  of  woe  can  suffi- 
ciently indicate  how  deeply  our  hearts  are  penetrated  by 
this  terrible  national  calamity,  we  will  wear  the  customary 
badge  of  grief,  and  have  our  hall  and  banners  draped  in 
mourning  for  the  period  of  thirty  days. 

<jfrt$Q\Vt&,  That  the  society  will  reverently  cherish  the 
memory  of  the  eminent  deceased,  and  that  the  members  in 
a  body  unite  in  the  intended  public  demonstration  of  respect 
and  sorrow. 


,  That  a  committee  of  thirteen  be  appointed  by 
the  Grand  Sachem,  to  take  such  further  action  as  may  be 
proper  for  the  purpose  of  uniting  with  other  bodies  in  suit- 
able measures  to  testify  respect  for  the  memory  of  the 
deceased. 

Mr.  GEORGE  H.  PURSER  offered  the  following  as 
an  amendment,  which  was  also  adopted  : 

IQt  .S'dU'td,  That  we  regard  the  attempt  on  the  life  of  Wil- 
liam H  .  Seward  as  a  part  of  the  existing  conspiracy  against 
the  liberties  of  the  people  and  the  perpetuation  of  the  Union, 
but  feel  convinced  that  they  will  survive  the  desperate 
efforts  of  the  secret  assassin  as  they  nave  the  more  deter- 
mined eiforts  of  the  rebels  in  the  field. 

During  the  evening,  addresses  were  made  by 
Judge  ROBERTSON,  JOHN  VAN  BUREN,  and  Recorder 
HOFFMAN. 


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Qtwottxtit  (Stttttzl  ®0mmittef. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  War  Democratic  General 
Committee  of  the  city  and  county  of  New  York, 
H.  C.  PAGE,  Esq.,  Chairman ;  TIMOTHY  CRONIN  and. 
GEORGE  F.  BIGLEY,  Esqs,,  Vice-Chairmen ;  the  Hon. 
N.  P.  STANTON,  Jr.,  Treasurer;  OSCAR  WOODRUFF 
and  W.  L.  LA  RUE,  Esqs.,  Secretaries,  held  at 
headquarters,  on  Saturday  evening,  April  15,  on 
motion,  the  following  preambles  and  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted : 


.Sl,  The  nation  has  suffered  a  heavy  and  irreparable 
loss  in  the  untimely  death  of  the  President;   and 

WhffW,  This  committee,  from  the  commencement  of 
the  rebellion  until  the  present  time,  having  full  confidence 
in  the  honesty,  patriotism,  and  statesmanship  of  ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN,  having  given  to  the  Government  their  united  sup- 
port and  constant  labors  ;  and 

Whf  tf  !t,9',  The  confidence  we  have  placed  in  the  head  and 
heart  of  the  Man  has  been  more  than  realized  in  what  has 
been  accomplished  so  long  as  his  life  was  spared  to  his 
country,  and  as  we  indulged  in  further  sanguine  hopes  of 
peace  and  prosperity  under  his  benign  sway ;  therefore 

iUfioh'Cil.  That  with  anguish  and  deep  sorrow  we  mourn 
the  demise  of  the  great  and  good  man  thus  stricken  down 
in  the  moments  of  his  usefulness,  whom  the  people  respected 
as  their  President,  and  whom  all  men  loved  as  a  friend  and 
a  true  man. 

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tl,  That  while  we  bow  with  submission  to  the  will 
of  Providence,  we  beseech  Him  that  our  great  loss  may  be 
sanctified  to  the  good  and  welfare  of  the  country,  and  that 
we  may  strive  to  emulate  the  patriotic,  prudent,  and  Chris- 
tian example  afforded  by  the  life  and  daily  walk  of  Abraham 
Lincoln. 


,  That  we  sincerely  condole  with  the  family  and 
friends  of  the  late  President,  knowing  the  void  that  has 
been  created  by  his  death,  and  that,  as  a  further  evidence  of 
our  sorrow,  the  members  of  this  committee  and  our  con- 
stituency wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  for  three 
months. 


d.  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  act  with 
other  like  committees  that  may  be  appointed  by  other 
bodies  for  the  purpose  of  making  arrangements  for  such 
demonstration  as  the  important  event  we  deplore  may  be 
decided  upon. 


of  iJew  ^orfe  in  Washington. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  on  Mon- 
day evening,  by  a  number  of  citizens  of  New  York 
in  Washington  : 


iS,  His  Excellency  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  died  on  the  morning  of  the  15th 
of  April,  from  wounds  received  at  the  hands  of  an  assassin  ; 
therefore 

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rt.  That  in  the  death  of  our  beloved  President,  our 
whole  country  has  lost  its  best  and  dearest  friend ;  that  his 
life  is  the  brightest  page  of  our  nation's  glory,  his  death  the 
saddest  of  our  nation's  sorrows ;  that  we  prayerfully  ask 
Him,  who  ruleth  all  the  people  of  the  earth,  in  His  provi- 
dence to  work  out  His  purpose  in  this  appalling  calamity 
that  has  gone  so  near  to  the  hearts  of  the  American  people, 
and  to  decree  and  hasten  that  end  which  our  lamented 
President  so  nearly  consummated,  and  to  which  he  died  a 
martyr,  namely,  Christian  liberty  and  the  restoration  and 
perpetuation  of  the  American  Union. 

't  1  r:.  ok  I'll.  That  we  tender  to  the  bereaved  wife  and 
children  of  him  who  has  been  so  suddenly  stricken  down, 
our  warmest  sympathies  and  condolence ;  that  we  offer  also 
to  the  highly  esteemed  Secretary  of  State,  and  each  member 
of  his  family,  our  earnest  hope  for  their  recovery  to  health 
and  usefulness  in  the  high  places  which  they  have  so  long 
and  honorably  filled. 

llr.oolvrrt.  That  we  give  our  earnest  assurance  to  his 
Excellency  ANDREW  JOHNSON,  President  of  the  United 
States,  that  we  will  bring  to  his  Administration  the  same 
hearty  adherence  and  support  as  we  have  always  borne  to 
that  of  his  predecessor. 

11  r.'Ailvr  il ,  That  we  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  for 
the  period  of  sixty  days,  and  that  we  attend  the  funeral  of 
our  deceased  President  in  a  body. 

11 C  Mill  crt .  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  transmitted 
to  the  family  of  the  late  President,  to  the  Secretary  of  State, 
and  to  His  Excellency  ANDREW  JOHNSON. 


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<it*»*tttb    Wat*. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  FINANCE  AND 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE,  appointed  by  the  citizens 
of  the  ELEVENTH  WARD  to  promote  enlistments, 
held  on  Monday  evening,  the  following  gentlemen, 
JAMES  R.  TAYLOR,  CHRISTIAN  METZGAR,  TUNIS  H. 
IDuRYEA,  JAMES  LITTLE,  and  "W.  "W.  LYON,  were 
appointed  a  Committee  on  Resolutions,  who  sub- 
mitted the  following,  which  were  unanimously 
adopted  : 


iS,  We,  the  citizens  of  the  Eleventh  "Ward,  here 
assembled,  were  organized  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  our 
Government  by  filling  up  our  armies  ;  and, 


|S,  The  All-wise  Ruler  of  the  Universe,  in  his  inscru- 
table providence,  has  permitted  the  chosen  ruler  of  this 
republic,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  to  be  taken  from  us  by  the  rude 
hand  of  the  assassin  ;  therefore  we,  the  members  of  this 
committee,  deem  it  our  duty  and  a  privilege  to  express  our 
sentiments  and  sympathy  in  this  melancholy  event  ;  there- 
fore, 

Qt$0lvt&,  That  by  this  national  calamity  we  are  warned 
of  the  uncertainty  of  all  human  affairs,  and  of  our  depend- 
ence individually  as  a  nation  upon  the  Divine  protection  of 
Him  who  has  made  us  a  nation,  and  brought  us  through  the 
trials  of  war,  crowned  our  efforts  with  victory  and  the  pros- 
pects of  a  lasting  peace,  and  while  yet  in  the  height  of  our 

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rejoicing  has  turned  our  joy  into  sorrow  and  our  gladness 
into  mournin. 


U'nl,  That  in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN  we  have 
lost  a  President  in  whom  we  have  learned  to  confide,  believ- 
ing him  to  be  pure  and  honest  in  his  intentions,  and  pos- 
sessed of  that  wisdom  which  we  confidently  expected  would 
soon  restore  our  afflicted  country  to  peace  and  prosperity. 

Vu-i:.  oil  cd,  That  we  tender  to  the  family  of  our  deceased 
President  our  sincere  and  heartfelt  sympathy,  assuring  them 
that  we  mourn  with  them,  and  their  grief  is  our  grief,  their 
loss  our  loss. 


,  That  we  tender  to  the  Honorable  WILLIAM  II. 
SEWAKD  and  family  our  sincere  sympathy  and  our  best 
wishes  for  their  recovery  and  welfare,  and  that  his  valuable 
life  may  be  spared  to  his  country,  which  now  needs  his 
services. 


d.  That,  although  representing  all  shades  of  politi- 
cal opinions,  we  do  hereby  accord  to  ANDREW  JOHNSON,  who 
is  now,  by  the  providence  of  God,  President  of  the  United 
States,  our  most  cordial  and  earnest  sympathy  and  support, 
trusting  that,  in  his  earnest  and  inflexible  patriotism,  pro- 
found wisdom,  and  moderate  counsels,  he  will  entirely  crush 
out  this  unholy  rebellion  and  effect  a  lasting  peace,  so  nearly 
consummated  by  his  illustrious  predecessor,  and  thereby 
gain  the  commendation  of  all  good  men  at  home  and 
abroad. 


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of  the 


of  £t.  f  atritlt. 


The  following  call,  surrounded  with  a  black 
border,  was  sent  to  every  member  of  this  old  and 
distinguished  Irish-  American  Society  yesterday  : 


YORK,  April  18,  1865. 
DEAR  SIE  —  In  consequence  of  the  death  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  you  are  requested  to  attend  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Friendly  Sons  of  St.  Patrick,  at  Delmonico's, 
corner  of  Chambers  street  and  Broadway,  this  evening,  at 
half-past  four  o'clock. 

WILLIAM  WHITESIDE,  Secretary. 

The  result  was  a  full  and  prompt  attendance  of 
members,  embracing  a  large  representation  of 
ability,  wealth,  and  intelligence. 

RICHARD  BELL,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Society, 
feelingly  alluded  to  the  sad  occasion  which  brought 
the  members  together. 

JOHX  SAVAGE,  Esq.,  after  some  touching  prelim- 
inary remarks,  offered  the  following: 


;S,  In  the  moment  of  national  rejoicing,  consequent 
on  the  close  of  the  rebellion  and  the  vindication  of  the  integ- 
rity of  the  United  States,  the  republic  has  been  crushed  into 
universal  sorrow  and  lamentation  by  the  brutal  assassina- 
tion of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  late  President  of  the  United 
States;  and 

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.S,  The  blow  that  struck  the  chief  magistrate  of 
the  Republic  down  also  pierced  with  agony  the  heart  of  the 
people,  whose  destiny  he  so  wielded  for  future  good,  and 
whose  utterances  of  woe  now  cloud  the  land  with  mourning 
and  dejection  ;  be  it 

iJf.'j'oU'crt,  That  this  Society  puts  on  record  its  inexpressi- 
ble abhorrence  of  the  act  which  deprived  the  republic  of 
its  upright,  wise,  and  honored  representative ;  and  its 
desire  to  unite  in  the  general  grief,  by  a  feeling  of  respect 
and  sorrow  more  profound  than  the  dreadful  circumstances 
of  the  national  calamity  will  permit  the  expression  of  in 
words. 

VifMiU'Crt,  That  this  Society  unite  with  whatever  demon- 
stration the  authorities  and  their  fellow-citizens  devise  as  a 
mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  lamented  President, 
and  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  represent  it  in 
such  sorrowful  duty  ;  and 

ilc.dolvi'tl.  That  the  members  of  the  Society  wear  the 
usual  badge  of  mourning  for  the  appointed  time. 

EUGENE  KELLY,  Esq.,  seconded  the  preamble  and 
resolutions,  which  were  unanimously  adopted. 

RICHARD  O'GORMAN,  Esq.,  said :  "  Mr.  President 
—The  sombre  aspect  of  this  city  of  New  York, 
draped  as  it  is  in  the  weeds  of  mourning,  suggests 
to  me  how  proper  and  fitting  it  is  that  this  Benevo- 
lent Society  should  testify  its  sympathy  with  the 
general  grief.  The  city  of  New  York,  alas  !  is  not 
unused  to  sorrow.  For  four  long  and  bitter  years 
of  civil  war  she  has  not  ceased  to  bewail  the  death 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


of  her  noble  children  untimely  slain.  For  four 
weary  years  the  tears  of  countless  widows  and 
orphans  have  not  ceased  to  flow.  As  if  to  prepare 
us  for  this  last  horrid  catastrophe,  we  have  been 
schooled  how  grief  must  be  borne.  But  amidst 
all  this  public  display  of  sorrow  my  heart  is  most 
moved  when  I  think  of  those  whose  woe  is  more 
silent,  but  more  lasting.  The  lives  and  the  deaths 
of  public  men  are  soon  and  easily  forgotten.  The 
great  tide  of  life  ebbs  and  flows  over  their  graves  ; 
but  the  memory  of  the  father  will  through  life  be 
dear  to  the  child  ;  the  grief  of  the  widow  will  out- 
last all  this  outward  pageantry  of  sorrow,  magni- 
fied though  it  be,  and  will  burst  forth  again  and 
again  when  these  public  signs  of  woe  are  removed 
and  forgotten.  Mr.  President,  I  move  that  this 
Society  adopt  the  resolution  I  hold  in  my  hand." 

^Jcsiflll'Cd,  That  the  Society  sincerely  sympathizes  with  the 
widow  and  family  of  the  late  President  of  the  United  States 
in  the  sudden  and  grievous  bereavement  they  have  suffered, 
and  hopes  and  prays  that  the  Supreme  Ruler  of  events,  who 
has  permitted  this  woeful  catastrophe  to  occur,  will  merci- 
fully lighten  their  burden  of  sorrows  and  sustain  them  in 
this  hour  of  their  affliction. 

Seconded  by  H.  L.  HOGUET,  Esq ,  and  adopted. 

Messrs.  R.  O'GORMAN,  EUGENE  KELLY,  and  JOHN 
SAVAGE  were  appointed  a  committee  to  join,  on  the 
part  of  the  Society,  in  the  public  funeral. 


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UK  t  *  H  n  g   0{   $  »  H  fe   (tottitttg. 

TUESDAY,  April  18,  1865. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  BANK  OFFICERS,  held 
this  day  at  the  'American  Exchange  Bank,  JOHN 
Q.  JONES,  Chairman,  and  WILLIAM  A.  CAMP,  Sec- 
retary, the  committee  appointed  on  the  17th 
instant,  to  draft  resolutions  expressive  of  the 
sense  of  the  meeting  on  the  late  national  bereave- 
ment, made  the  following  report  : 


a.Si,  The  frenzied  passions  aroused  by  the  leaders  of 
the  rebellion  in  their  unhallowed  conspiracy  against  the 
national  life,  have  culminated  in  the  most  cruel  barbarities, 
including  piracy  upon  the  high  seas,  the  murder  and  starva- 
tion of  defenceless  prisoners,  the  burning  of  dwelling-places 
filled  with  helpless  women  and  children,  the  destruction  of 
the  lives  and  property  of  non-combatants,  and,  finally,  the 
dastardly  assassination  of  onr  beloved  chief  magistrate, 
ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  to  whom  the  hearts  of  the  people  had  be- 
come attached  by  the  tenderest  ties  of  an  ardent  patriotism  ; 
and 


si,  The  life  of  the  Secretary  of  State  was  also  aimed 
at,  and  is  placed  in  great  jeopardy,  members  of  his  house- 
hold having  also  been  prostrated  by  the  assassin  while 
watching  around  the  sick-bed  of  that  eminent  statesman  ; 
therefore 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


,  That,  next  to  that  of  our  immortal  Washington, 
the  memory  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN  will  forever  remain  en- 
shrined in  the  hearts  of  the  American  people  for  his  private 
virtues,  and  for  his  excellent  administration  of  public  affairs 
during  the  most  critical  period  of  our  history. 


VtA,  That  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  national 
struggle  against  a  foul  rebellion,  for  the  last  four  years,  is 
due,  in  a  great  measure,  to  the  wisdom,  courage,  singleness 
of  purpose,  exact  truthfulness,  and,  above  all,  abiding  trust 
in  God,  which  distinguished  our  beloved  President,  ABRA- 
HAM LINCOLN,  henceforth  our  martyr  President. 

^tSOlvtA,  That  while  we  mourn  over  the  sad  and  irrepar- 
able loss  which  our  country  is  called  upon  to  deplore,  we 
cannot  but  express,  however  imperfectly,  a  sense  of  grati- 
tude to  the  Father  of  Mercies  for  the  blessing  he  bestowed 
on  this  land  and  on  the  civilized  world,  in  permitting  his 
faithful  servant,  our  revered  President,  to  preside  so  long 
over  the  destinies  of  the  American  people. 

^e.Solt'fd,  That,  following  the  example  of  our  late  illus- 
trious President,  who  was  of  the  people,  and  believed  in 
them,  and  trusted  them,  we  too  will  take  courage,  and  press 
forward  in  the  great  work  of  regeneration,  till  the  spirit  of 
rebellion  and  anarchy  shall  be  utterly  extinguished  from 
our  land. 


,  Inasmuch  as  our  Government  is  the  people's 
government,  self-government,  we  are  now  permitted  to  show 
to  the  world  that  no  parricide  can  reach  its  heart  ;  the 
wheels  of  national  power  and  authority  still  move  on,  with- 
out a  moment's  intermission,  although  the  servant  or  instru- 
ment of  the  people  be  suddenly  and  violently  wrenched 

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away.  Events  which  might  topple  thrones,  or  cause  revo- 
lutions, under  other  forms  of  government,  only  touch  the 
hearts  and  move  the  sympathies  of  our  people. 

<j!jie$Ql\lt&,  That  the  expression  of  our  heartfelt  sympathies 
be  communicated  to  the  bereaved  family  of  the  late  Presi- 
dent, with  the  assurance  that  in  this  sad  hour  of  their  and 
the  nation's  affliction,  we  mourn  with  them  as  for  the  loss  of 
a  father. 

H£t$0\Vt&,  That  our  heartfelt  sympathy  with  the  Secretary 
of  State  and  his  family  in  their  great  affliction,  be  communi- 
cated to  the  distinguished  Secretary,  with  the  assurance  of 
our  earnest  prayers  for  the  speedy  recovery  of  himself  and 
the  afflicted  members  of  his  household. 

§U.$oU'(d,  That  with  unswerving  faith  in  Almighty  God 
and  the  patriotism  of  the  people,  we  have  full  confidence  in 
the  speedy  subjugation  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  in  the 
administration  of  ANDREW  Joiixsox,  whose  past  history  ex- 
hibits unflinching  patriotism  and  fidelity  to  the  Union,  as 
guarantees  for  his  future  successful  management  of  public 
affairs,  we  hope  to  realize  an  "  era  of  good  feeling  "  that  shall 
become  memorable  in  history  for  the  restoration  of  peace 
and  fraternity  among  all  the  people  throughout  the  land. 

gUgotud,  That  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  the  banking 
institutions  of  this  city  will  continue  their  zealous  support 
of  the  Government  in  maintaining  and  defending  the  liber- 
ties and  the  unity  of  the  nation. 

Joiix  E.  WILLIAMS, 

JAMES   G.YLLATIN, 

EDWARD  HAIGHT,      >  Committee. 

GEORGE  S.  COE, 

WILLIAM  II.  MACY, 


LINCOLN      OBS  E  Q  U I E  S  . 


Mr.  JAMES  GALLATIN  tlien  offered  the  following 
resolutions,  which  were  unanimously  adopted  : 


tl.  Tliat  all  business  be  suspended  after  12  o'clock 
at  the  several  banking  institutions  throughout  the  city  on 
the  day  of  the  funeral  of  the  late  President,  and  that  the 
insignia  of  mourning  be  kept  on  our  building  for  the  period 
of  thirty  days  from  and  after  that  day. 


rt.  That  a  committee  of  thirteen  be  appointed  by 
the  chair  to  attend  the  funeral  of  our  late  President,  and 
that  when  the  funeral  cortege  passes  through  the  city,  all 
the  Bank  Officers  of  the  city  attend  in  a  body. 

The  Chairman  appointed  the  following  gentle- 
men as  the  committee  : 

JAMES  GALLATIN,  Chairman, 

C.  P.  LEVEKICH,  A.  E.  SILLIMAN, 

SHEPHERD  KNAPP,  JAMES  PUNNETT, 

P.  M.  BETSON,  GEORGE  W.  DUER, 

C.  F.  HUNTER,  J.  E.  WILLIAMS, 

S.  R.  COMSTOCK,  H.  BLYDENBURGH, 

P.  C.  CALHOUN,  HENRY  A.  SMYTHE. 


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of  the  gmuriran 

A  special  meeting  of  the  AMERICAN  INSTITUTE 
was  held  for  the  purpose  of  taking  appropriate 
action  for  expressing  their  regret  at  the  death  of 
the  late  President,  and  to  pay  worthy  tribute  and 
honor  to  his  memory.  Gen.  WILLIAM  HALL  pre- 
sided, and  JIREII  BULL,  Esq.,  acted  as  Secretary. 
On  motion,  the  following-named  members  were 
appointed  by  the  chair  to  retire  and  draft  suitable 
resolutions  for  the  occasion  :  Mr.  JIREII  BULL, 
Prof.  L.  D.  TILLMAN,  Commissioner  BERGEN,  T.  M. 
ADRIANCE,  and  Drs.  WARD  and  TRIMBLE.  They 
returned  with  the  subjoined  resolutions,  Avhicli 
were  read  and  seconded  by  remarks  from  Gen. 
HALL,  JIREII  BULL,  Esq.,  Dr.  TRIMBLE,  Dr.  WARD, 
Vice-President,  Mr.  BERGEN,  and  Mr.  ADRIANCE. 
In  their  remarks  they  all  bore  testimony  to  the 
integrity,  patriotism,  kindness,  and  greatness  of 
ABRAHAM  LINCOLN.  At  their  conclusion,  the  reso- 
lutions which  follow  were  unanimously  adopted  : 


0,  Participating  in  the  wide-spread  and  universal 
grief  which  has  filled  the  land  with  sorrow  and  mourning, 
by  reason  of  the  sudden  and  violent  death  of  ABRAHAM  LIN- 
COLN, the  late  President  of  the  United  States,  the  members 
of  the  American  Institute  cannot  repress  their  strong  desire 

L27] 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


to  give  utterance  to  mournful  expressions  in  view  of  the  sad 
event  with  which  our  fellow-citizens  are  now  overwhelmed  ; 
therefore,  be  it 

ilr.Ci'oh'f  d,  That  we  bow  submissively  to  this  inscrutable 
dispensation  of  Divine  Providence,  in  permitting  our  honored 
and  beloved  chief  magistrate  to  be  struck  down  to  the  grave 
by  the  hand  of  an  assassin,  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness, 
and  at  a  moment  when  he  was  about  to  realize  the  glorious 
result  of  four  years  of  constant  toil  and  unceasing  vigilance 
in  restoring  to  unity  our  severed  and  distracted  country. 

ilc.'j'olvcd,  That  the  cowardly  attempt  upon  the  life  of  the 
distinguished  son  of  New  York,  while  suffering  on  a  sick 
bed,  is  too  grave  an  offense  against  the  majesty  of  the  people, 
and  could  only  be  conceived  by  those  who  have  feared  the 
influence  and  power  of  that  master  mind,  whose  efforts  have 
served  to  convince  foreign  courts  and  the  civilized  world 
of  the  enormity  and  iniquity  of  this  unprovoked  attempt  to 
destroy  the  liberties  of  a  great  and  magnanimous  people. 


h'Crt,  That  while  forbearance,  goodness,  kindness  and 
charity  have  characterized  the  efforts  of  the  executive  in 
rescuing  the  rebellious  States  from  the  iron  grasp  of  trai- 
torous leaders,  these  efforts  have  been  disregarded  and  de- 
spised, and  proclamations  of  amnesty  have  been  scorned, 
defiance  and  hatred  have  been  hurled  against  our  statesmen, 
our  brave  and  conquering  armies,  and  our  gallant  and  vic- 
torious navy,  cold-blooded  murder  and  arson  have  been  just- 
ified by  rebel  authorities  —  a  system  of  exposure  and  starv- 
ation has  been  practiced  in  the  rebel  prisons,  the  results  of 
which  have  sent  tens  of  thousands  of  brave  officers  and  men 
to  premature  graves,  and  it  only  required  this  last  dastardly 

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act  to  fill  to  repletion  a  catalogue  of  crimes  instigated  and 
abetted  by  this  atrocious  slaveholders'  rebellion. 


U  That  we  derive  great  consolation  in  this  hour 
of  grief  by  the  following  utterances  of  ANDREW  JOHNSON,  the 
constitutional  successor  of  the  great  and  good  man  whose 
loss  we  mourn,  recently  spoken  in  the  city  of  Washington  : 
"  I  have  always  thought  that  theft  was  a  crime  and  should 
be  punished  as  a  crime  ;  that  arson  was  a  crime  and  should 
be  punished  as  such  ;  that  murder  was  a  dreadful  crime  and 
should  be  punished  as  such  ;  and  that  treason  was  the 
greatest  of  all  crimes  and  should  be  punished  by  death." 
That  in  these  we  unmistakably  see  the  scales  of  justice 
hanging  in  an  unerring  balance,  and  by  this  divine  as  well 
as  human  attribute  all  the  atrocities  of  this  vile  rebellion 
are  to  be  weighed  ;  that  by  this  standard  our  bleeding 
country  is  to  be  restored  to  its  more  than  former  greatness 
and  power,  to  occupy  a  higher  position  in  the  estimation  of 
those  governments  which  have  been  slow  to  acknowledge 
the  justice  of  our  cause,  or  to  dream  the  extent  of  our 
resources. 


rt.  That  the  members  of  this  Institute  will  partici- 
pate in  such  demonstrations  as  may  be  recommended  and 
observed  by  the  public  authorities  in  this  behalf. 


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of  the  Jafulfg  of  the  Jm  gwcadwg. 

The  FACULTY  OF  THE  FEEE  ACADEMY  held  a 
meeting,  to  take  action  in  reference  to  the  death 
of  the  late  President.  Prof.  HORACE  WEBSTER, 
President  of  the  Faculty,  occupied  the  chair,  and 
Mr.  G.  B.  DOCHAETY  acted  as  Secretary.  The 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted  : 


jS,  The  American  people  have  sustained  a  sad 
bereavement  in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  late  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  ;  and 


jS,  It  is  eminently  proper  for  us,  in  our  associated 
as  well  as  private  relations,  to  express  our  sympathy  with  a 
mourning  public  in  this  afflictive  providence  ;  therefore, 


il.  That  in  the  circumstances  attending  President' 
LINCOLN'S  death,  and  in  the  exceeding  turpitude  of  the 
offense  committed  on  that  occasion,  not  only  a  grave  wrong 
has  been  done  to  that  eminent  individual,  but  a  violence  of 
great  atrocity  to  the  whole  nation. 


,  That  President  LINCOLN,  from  his  pre-eminent 
abilities  and  his  position  as  chief  magistrate  of  the  United 
States,  and  from  the  nature  of  the  present  bloody  conflict, 
in  which  he  bore  so  conspicuous  a  part,  may  justly  be  con- 
sidered the  representative  of  the  •  free  and  liberal  prin- 
ciples of  the  world. 

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i!r.rjoU'fil.  That  the  gentleness,  humanity,  and  benevo- 
lence shown  by  President  LINCOLN  under  circumstances  of 
great  provocation,  and  the  sincere  desire  which  he  mani- 
fested on  all  occasions  to  put  down  the  present  wicked 
rebellion  with  the  least  possible  evil  consequences,  have 
justly  endeared  his  memory  to  every  true  and  patriotic 
American. 


tl.  That  in  any  public  demonstration  which  the 
authorities  may  recommend,  the  Faculty  and  Students  of 
the  Free  Academy  will  most  cordially  unite. 


erf   tk* 

The  Students  held  a  meeting,  of  which  W.  H. 
LANE,  of  the  Senior  Class,  was  chosen  President, 
and  J.  A.  WOTTON,  of  the  Junior  Class,  Secretary, 
and  unanimously  passed  the  following  resolu- 
tions : 

HVlurrai,  The  Students  of  the  Free  Academy,. realizing 
the  great  calamity  which  has  befallen  the  nation  in  the 
death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  our  beloved  President,  who  has 
fallen  at  the  post  of  duty  by  the  hands  of  an  assassin,  and 
to  express  our  sense  of  the  national  loss  ;  therefore 

^t^alVtA,  That  by  the  murder  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  who 
has  governed  the  country  by  patriotic  motives,  honesty  of 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


purpose,  and  an  appreciation  of  the  responsible  duties  im- 
posed upon  him,  exhibiting  all  the  qualities  of  a  great  and 
wise  ruler,  the  nation  has  suffered  an  irreparable  misfortune 
at  this  critical  period. 


,  That,  as  a  mark  of  our  sorrow,  the  Academy 
building  be  draped  in  mourning,  and  the  students  wear  a 
badge  of  mourning  for  sixty  days. 

The  raising  of  the  new  flag  on  the  liberty-pole, 
which  was  to  take  place  Thursday,  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies,  was  postponed,  and  the  Acad- 
emy was  closed  until  Monday. 


of 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  COMMISSIONERS  OF 
EMIGRATION,  held  Tuesday  afternoon,  at  the  Board 
room,  at  Castle  Garden,  to  give  expression  to  the 
feelings  of  the  Board  on  the  death  of  the  Presi- 
dent, th'e  following  resolutions  were  adopted : 

1£t$tAvt&,  That  this  Board,  in  common  with  our  fellow- 
citizens,  deplore  the  great  calamity  which  has  befallen  the 
country  in  the  death  of  its  chief  magistrate. 

£jU$atvt  d,  That  in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN  by  the 
hand  of  an  assassin,  at  a  moment  when  peace  was  dawning 

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upon  the  land,  we  are  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  an 
executive  in  whose  administration  of  national  affairs  was 
displayed  a  spirit  of  the  loftiest  integrity,  of  the  most 
unselfish  patriotism,  and  unflagging  devotion  to  the  public 
welfare. 


d,  That  the  attempted  assassination  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  State,  WILLIAM  H.  SEWARD,  who,  in  his  long  career  of 
public  service,  has  shown  the  warmest  interest  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  emigrant,  and  exerted  his  influence,  both  at  home 
and  abroad,  to  promote  the  great  object  of  this  Commission, 
awakens  the  deepest  sorrow  and  indignation  of  this  Board. 

HcSoU'fd,  That  this  Board  tender  to  the  family  of  the 
deceased  President  their  sympathy  and  condolence  in  this 
their  hour  of  affliction,  and  trust  that  they  may  find  con- 
solation in  the  assurance  that  the  whole  people  weep  witli 
them  and  feel  the  greatness  of  the  loss. 

ilfjoU'nl,  That  the  regular  meeting  of  this  Board,  to  be 
held  on  to-morrow  (Wednesday),  be  adjourned,  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  president. 

The  offices  of  the  Commission  and  the  whole 
building  were  tastefully  decorated  in  mourning. 


To  express  the  sympathy  and  regret  of  the 
theatrical  profession  for  the  loss  of  our  lamented 
President,  a  meeting  was  held  yesterday  at  the 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Metropolitan  Hotel,  and  tlie  following  resolutions 
passed  : 


,  That,  in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  we 
not  only  mourn  as  citizens  the  loss  of  our  revered  chief 
magistrate,  but  also  as  professionals,  a  patron  and  true 
friend  of  our  calling  and  its  professors. 

ilf.'j'oh'crt,  That  to  the  bereaved  family  of  the  lamented 
dead,  we  respectfully  tender  our  sincere  and  heartfelt  sym- 
pathies. 

^CiS'oU'jd,  That  we  recognize  with  horror  and  detestation 
the  atrocious  crime  which  has  consigned  the  President  of 
the  United  States  to  an  untimely  grave,  and  clothed  the 
nation  in  robes  of  mourning. 

Vi  r.'joU'Cll.  That  our  thanks  are  due  to  the  managers  of  this 
city  for  having  appropriately  evinced,  their  respect  for  the/ 
memory  of  the  illustrious  dead  by  promptly  closing  their 
theatres. 

Vi  I'.'Ailvi'rt.  That  we  take  this  opportunity  of  renewing  our 
expressions  of  loyalty  and  devotion  to  the  Government 
under  which  we  live. 


(1.  That,  in  view  of  the  nation's  bereavement,  the 
members  of  the  profession  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning 
for  thirty  days,  for  one  who,  in  the  language  of  the  great 
master  of  our  art, 

"  Hath  borne  his  faculties  so  meek,  hath  been 
So  clear  in  his  great  office,  that  his  virtues 
Will  plead  like  angels,  trutnpet-tongued,  against 
The  deep  damnation  of  his  taking  off." 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


guwwnt  "®t&ev"  a(  J»ith(ut 

The  members  of  the  "  ORDER  "  met  last  evening 
at  headquarters.  This  is  the  oldest  association  in 
the  Seventh  Ward,  and  has  had  the  mournful 
duty  of  participating  in  the  obsequies  of  President 
Taylor,  Henry  Clay,  and  others.  After  appropri- 
ate remarks  by  President  TERWILLIGER,  EBENEZER 
W.  MORGAN,  JOSEPH  J.  JARDINE,  and  HENRY  C. 
McLEAN,  the  following  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously adopted  : 


rt,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  -with  the  people  of 
the  whole  country  in  the  dreadful  calamity  which  has 
befallen  us  all  in  the  assassination  of  our  revered  and  hon- 
ored President,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  and  that  we  tender  to 
the  bereaved  family  our  heartfelt  sympathies  for  their  and 
the  nation's  loss. 


,  That  the  course  pursued  by  the  lamented 
deceased  regarding  the  rebellion  met  our  heartiest  approval  ; 
that  by  his  unswerving  energy  he  had  nearly  crushed  the 
monster  that  struck  at  the  life  of  the  nation;  and  we  deeply 
regret  that  he  could  not  have  lived  to  see  the  green  tree  of 
liberty  once  more  in  bloom. 

ilc.i'oU'Cd,  That  while  our  hearts  are  bleeding  for  the 
departed,  we  still  have  the  consolation  that  his  mantle  has 
fallen  on  good  shoulders,  and  that  in  ANDREW  JOHNSON  we 

L88] 

an 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


•will  find  not  only  a  firm  and  unrelenting  foe  to  rebellion, 
but  a  true  man  and  able  statesman. 


,  That  we  will  unite,  either  separately  or  as  a 
body,  in  whatever  funeral  ceremonies  the  authorities  may 
deem  proper  to  inaugurate. 


n  at  the 

At  a  meeting  of  the  NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  FIRE 
INSURANCE  COMPANIES,  held  at  the  Insurance  rooms, 
No.  156  Broadway,  on  Monday,  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted, 
and  ordered  to  be  published  : 


jS,  In  the  hour  of  the  nation's  joy  and  exultation  at 
the  victories  which  promised  once  more  to  bring  peace  and 
union  to  our  distracted  country,  it  has  pleased  Almighty 
God  to  permit  the  hand  of  an  assassin  to  strike  down  the 
chief  magistrate,  whose  wisdom,  fidelity,  and  fortitude  have 
guided  us  through  the  terrible  struggle  of  the  past  four 
years;  therefore,  be  it 

il»  f.'joh'fd,  That  the  members  of  this  Board  join  with  the 
nation  and  the  whole  civilized  world  in  execration  of  the 
spirit  which  has  prompted  this  deed,  and  in  profound  and 
personal  sorrow  for  the  bereavement  which  it  has  inflicted 
upon  us. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


,  That  in  the  presence  of  this  terrible  crime, 
which  is  but  a  natural  expression  of  that  bitter  malignity 
with  which  the  rebellion  has  been  conducted  from  its  incep- 
tion, it  would  be  a  mockery  to  expect  the  nation,  standing 
over  the  fresh  grave  of  its  noble,  faithful,  and  forgiving 
chief,  to  consent  to  strike  hands  with  the  bloody  traitors 
whose  instrument  the  assassin  was,  and  permit  them  again 
to  walk  unscathed  in  the  laud  which  they  have  thus  smitten 
anew. 


l,  That  in  the  eyes  of  men,  as  they  move  through 
our  streets,  slavery  and  treason  can  read  the  doom  that 
awaits  them,  and  that  the  time  has  come  when  every  loyal 
man  must  draw  clearly  the  line  between  those  who  stand 
by  the  country  at  all  hazards,  and  those  who  palter  with 
treason  or  sympathize  with  our  enemies. 

*;Qt&ol\!t&,  That  as  an  expression  of  the  feeling  of  this 
Board,  it  is  recommended  to  the  companies  comprising  the 
same  to  close  their  offices  at  12  o'clock  to-morrow,  and 
that  they  be  closed  entirely  on  Wednesday,  the  day  appointed 
for  the  funeral  of  President  Lincoln. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  attend  any  pub- 
lic demonstration  of  respect  for  the  memory  of 
the  deceased  President. 


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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


The  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Exempt 
Firemen's  Association  was  held  last  evening  at 
Firemen's  Hall,  Mercer  street,  Mr.  Engs  presiding. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  resolutions 
expressive  of  the  feelings  of  the  Association  on  the 
death  of  our  lamented  President.  The  Committee 
retired,  and,  after  some  time,  re-entered  and  pre- 
sented the  follo'sviug  resolution,  which  was  unani- 
mously adopted  : 


,  That  we  mingle  with  the  common  grief  which 
overshadows  our  land  and  is  expressed  by  every  true  Amer- 
ican heart  at  the  outrage  which  deprived  the  nation  of  its 
chosen  leader,  at  a  time  when  his  every  effort  was  applied 
to  restore  our  country  to  peace,  by  means  which  exalted  his 
character  as  a  man,  and  were  preeminently  calculated  to 
effect  the  great  object  of  the  meeting. 


f  o  b  a  c  r  u    ®  x  r  h  a  tt  g  c . 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the 
NEW  YORK  TOBACCO  EXCHANGE,  held  at  their 
rooms,  Nos.  50  and  52  Pine  street,  on  Tuesday,  the 
18th  inst.,  it  was  unanimously 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


,  That  we  do  express  the  heartfelt  sympathy  of 
this  body  at  the  great  calamity  which  has  befallen  the  nation 
in  the  death  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the  United 
States ;  and  it  was  further  resolved  to  close  the  Tobacco 
Exchange  until  Monday,  the  24th  inst. 

The  PETROLEUM,  TOBACCO,  AND  DRUG  'CHANGE, 
held  at  the  Merchants'  Exchange  and  News  Rooms, 
Nos.  50  and  52  Pine  street,  have  adjourned  over 
from  to-day  until  Friday,  the  21st  inst. 


P  t  *  t  i  u  j|    at    <B!  a  »  t  m  «  n  . 

A  large  meeting  of  the  CARTMEN  of  the  city  was 
held  on  Monday  evening,  in  the  hall,  No.  95  Sixth 
avenue,  to  take  appropriate  action  on  the  death  of 
the  President  and  make  preparations  to  attend  his 
obsequies. 

Mr.  JOHN  WALLER  presided  and  called  the  meet- 
ing to  order,  after  which  the  following  resolutions 
were  offered  :  . 


iS,  We  have  met  together  to  express  our  feelings 
on  the  awful  calamity  which  has  befallen  us  by  the  murder 
of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  the  beloved  President  of  the  United 
States  ;  therefore,  be  it 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


l,  That  we  bow  in  reverent  submission  to  the  in- 
scrutable decrees  of  the  Divine  Providence,  which  ordereth 
all  things  for  good,  and  in  this  hour  of  deep  affliction  still 
put  our  trust  in  Him,  and  believe  that  out  of  this  terrible 
evil  His  goodness,  justice,  and  inercy  will  be  made  man- 
ifest. 

^f^olt'fd,  That  we  mourn,  in  common  with  our  fellow- 
citizens  of  every  class  and  station,  the  great  loss  we  have 
sustained.  We  feel,  as  workingmen,  that  our  lamented 
President  was  especially  near  and  dear  to  us,  inasmuch  as  he 
had  himself  labored  with  his  hands,  and  in  his  whole  life,  in 
the  honors  ho  had  won  and  the  dignities  he  had  acquired,  he 
illustrated  and  indicated  the  nobility  of  labor;  and,  there- 
fore, is  the  calamity  of  his  death  to  us  especially  the  cause 
of  grief  and  sorrow. 

f$}it$0\Vt&,  That  in  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  his 
country,  in  wise  statesmanship,  and,  above  all,  in  purity 
and  integrity  of  heart,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN  stood  highest 
among  his  countrymen,  and  his  memory  will  ever  be  cher- 
ished as  that  of  the  first  patriot  and  martyr  of  the  age. 

^is^alVtA,  That  amid  our  grief  we  remember  our  duty  to 
our  bereaved  and  sorrowing  country ;  that,  while  in  obe- 
dience to  His  commands,  we  leave  to  God  the  work  of  ven- 
geance for  the  great  crime  committed  against  His  laws, 
we  know  that  it  is  for  us  to  do  justice  upon  tVie  earth,  and 
to  justice  we  dedicate  our  means,  and,  if  need  be,  our  lives. 

§U ,5'olvt A,  That  the  assassination  of  the  President  is  but 
the  culmination  of  the  crime  against  the  nation  which  com- 
menced four  years  ago ;  that  the  same  spirit  which  leveled 
the  first  gun  against  our  flag  in  Charleston  harbor,  which 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


initiated  the  murder  in  cold  blood  of  the  Union  7nen  of  the 
South,  which  instigated  the  atrocities  committed  upon  help- 
less prisoners,  and  which  fired  our  city  in  the  dead  of  night, 
inflamed  the  heart  and  guided  the  hand  of  the  wretched 
murderer,  and  justice  demands  that  the  malignant  spirit  of 
treason  be  utterly  extinguished  ;  that  all  the  penalties  pro- 
vided by  law  be  meted  out  to  the  instigators  and  perpetra- 
tors of  the  horrible  crime  known  as  the  rebellion,  and  that 
our  land  may  know  a  just  and  abiding  peace;  that  the  human 
race  may  never  again  be  cursed  by  a  war  so  bloody  and 
unnatural ;  for  the  sake  of  our  posterity  and  in  the  name  of 
civilization  we  demand  that  justice  be  done  upon  the  trai- 
tors who  have  desolated  our  country. 

VuSulml,  That  we  solemnly  pledge  ourselves  to  the 
maintenance  and  support  of  the  government  in  the  discharge 
of  its  duty,  and  will  sustain  it  in  all  the  measures  to  be 
adopted  for  the  complete  suppression  of  the  rebellion,  the 
extirpation  of  its  cause,  the  punishment  of  its  instigators, 
aiders,  and  abettors,  and  the  establishment  of  peace  and 
order  upon  the  basis  of  liberty  and  obedience  to  law. 

'ilr.'iciU'rd,  That  we  will,  as  a  body,  participate  in  the 
funeral  solemnities  to  take  place  in  this  city,  and  that  a 
committee  of  six  be  appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments. 

The  resolutions  were  unanimously  approved, 
and  Messrs.  G.  B.  DEAN,  WILLIAM  ANDERSON, 
JAMES  MODERMOTT,  and  WILLIAM  HAW,  were 
appointed  the  committee. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


f 

At  a  meeting  of  the  REVENUE  INSPECTORS  and 
others  connected  with  the  office  of  the  United 
States  Internal  Revenue  Agent,  in  this  city,  No. 
78  Pine  street,  Mr.  A.  N.  LEWIS,  Revenue  Agent, 
presiding,  the  following  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously adopted  : 


a.S,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLX,  as  President  of  the  United 
States,  commanded  the  love  and  respect  of  a  mighty  people  ; 
he  had  gathered  the  fragments  of  the  glorious  Union  of 
States  and  fashioned  them  in  the  mold  that  was  used 
aforetime  ;  he  was  just  about  to  present  them,  permanently 
re-united,  to  a  rejoicing  people,  when,  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye,  his  hand  rested;  his  head,  so  long  and  so  faithfully 
devoted  to  his  country's  service,  ceased  its  labors;  his  heart, 
so  full  of  love  of  his  race,  so  warm  with  the  spirit  of  true 
charity  toward  all  mankind,  throbbed  no  more.  The  nation 
cherishes  his  memory,  stands  sorrow-stricken  beside  his  life- 
less form,  bewailing  his  untimely  death  and  execrating  the 
monstrous  crime,  without  parallel  i:i  the  world's  history, 
which  has  deprived  the  country  of  its  great,  good,  and  wise 
chief  magistrate.  Treason,  which  filled  every  house  in  the 
land  with  private  grief,  closed  its  infamous  history  by  the 
atrocious  deed,  which  has  plunged  a  great  people  into  the 
depths  of  affliction  over  the  loss  of  an  honored  father.  In 
the  expression  of  our  profound  sorrow,  be  it 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


'it  toil  Irr  rt,  That  while  the  nation  bows  before  the  stern 
decree  of  Divine  Providence,  in  removing  its  chief  magis- 
trate from  his  earthly  labors,  it  will  ever  retain  as  one  of  the 
most  precious  treasures  in  the  chambers  of  its  memory  the 
name  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 


'cd,  That  because  he  was  so  wise,  so  just,  so  good, 
so  faithful,  we  mourn  his  untimely  death,  and  cherish  his 
memory,  while  we  shall  endeavor  to  emulate  his  virtues. 

Vif  ioU'Cil,  That,  in  the  presence  of  this  great  calamity,  it 
becomes  the  people  of  the  nation  to  renew  their  vows  of 
devotion  to  the  Union  of  the  States,  to  pledge  again  their 
lives  and  all  that  they  have  and  are  to  have  to  the  main- 
tenance of  law  and  the  vindication  of  the  doctrines  of  that 
government  which  forms  the  basis  of  our  country's  prosper- 
ity and  glory  ;  while  we  rejoice  in  a  hope,  now  well  grounded, 
that  treason  has  run  its  course,  has  consummated  all  its  dark 
and  dreadful  career,  and  that  now,  at  last,  the  angel  of  peace 
will  spread  her  white  wings  over  the  land. 

ilc.o'oh'crt,  That,  as  an  outward  expression  of  our  sorrow 
for-the  death  of  our  lamented  President,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN, 
we  will  wear  a  suitable  badge  of  mourning  for  six  months. 

IN     MEMORIAM. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the   THIRTY- 

o 

SECOND  INTERNAL  REVENUE  DISTRICT,  NEW  YORK, 
held  at  the  office,  No.  130  Broadway,  on  Tuesday, 
SHEHIDAN  SHOOK,  Esq.,  Collector,  in  the  chair, 
and  RICHARD  KERR,  Secretary,  a  committee,  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  S.  SHOOK,  S.  P.  GILBERT,  E.  H. 

129] 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


GOUGE,  P.  CLEVELAND,  and  R.  KERR,  was  appoint- 
ed, with  discretionary  power,  to  make  all  needful 
arrangements  for  participating  in  suitable  honors 
to  the  late  President  in  this  city. 

A  Committee  on  Resolutions,  consisting  of 
Messrs.  P.  CLEVELAND,  D.  H.  PRENTISS,  G.  W. 
SMITH,  E.  H.  GOUGE,  J.  H.  COSTA,  reported  the 
following,  which  were  adopted  unanimously  : 

Like  "  lightning  from  a  serene  and  cloudless  horizon " 
has  flashed  upon  us  the  awful  vision  of  that  "  murder  most 
foul,  strange,  and  unnatural,"  which  is  now  bowing  the 
great  heart  of  the  nation  in  the  profoundest  sorrow,  and 
nerving  it  with  sublime  energy  for  the  solemn  duties  which 
must  follow  this  nightmare  of  grief  and  horror. 

While  those  of  all  creeds  and  conditions  are  seeking  ex- 
pression for  their  abhorrence  and  detestation  of  the  fiend  in 
human  shape  who  hath  done  this  "  deed  of  dreadful  hate," 
and  their  reverence  and  affection  for  the  character  and  mem- 
ory of  this  great  leader  of  the  people,  who 

"  Hath  borne  his  faculties  so  meek,  hath  been 
So  clear  in  his  great  office,  that  his  virtues 
Will  plead  like  angels,  trumpet-tonguod,  against 
The  deep  damnation  of  his  taking  off," 

we  who  are  here  met  to  do  honor  to  the  illustrious  dead 
may  appropriately  avail  ourselves  of  the  occasion  to  mingle 
our  voices  with  the  general  lamentation,  and  to  join  in  that 
muffled  cry  for  justice  which  is  ringing  through  the  country 
and  echoing  in  the  chambers  of  every  loyal  heart ;  therefore, 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


,  That  we  look  upon  the  brutal  assassination  of 
President  LINCOLN  as  a  blow  at  the  life  of  the  nation  of 
which  he  was  the  honored  head  and  chief,  an  emanation  of 
that  spirit  which  has  marked  the  progress  of  that  gigantic 
conspiracy  against  the  Government,  of  which  this  piece  of 
ruthless  butchery  may  be  regarded  as  the  culmination  and 
climax — 

"  The  most  arch  deed  of  piteous  masssacre 
That  ever  yet  this  world  was  guilty  of." 

That  this  new  baptism  of  blood  and  tears  will,  in  the  good 
providence  of  God,  inspire  the  hearts  and  nerve  the  arms  of 
a  more  than  ever  united  and  determined  people  for  the 
overthrow  of  the  monstrous  treason  which  is  indirectly 
answerable  for  this  and  other  giant  crimes  against  God  and 
humanity. 

That  we  have  no  words  in  which  to  express  our  indigna- 
tion for  that  worse  than  cowardly  assault,  so  miraculously 
thwarted,  upon  the  life  of  that  great  man,  in  his  utter  help- 
lessness, whom  the  Empire  State  is  proud  to  call  her  own, 
and  whose  relations  to  the  President  and  Government  ren- 
dered his  life  and  services  of  incalculable  value  at  this  terri- 
ble juncture. 

With  the  whole  nation  we  "breathe  freer  and  deeper"  at 
the  cheering  prospect  of  the  recovery  of  the  distinguished 
Secretary,  as  well  as  that  of  other  members  of  his  afflicted 
family,  and  will  recognize  the  interposition  of  Providence  in 
restoring  him  again  to  that  high  post  which  needs  him  so 
much,  and  to  which  he  brings  qualities  so  exalted  and  an 
experience  so  valuable. 

The  people  will  never  be  forgetful  of  his  sacrifices  and 
sufferings. 

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That  we  find  courage  and  Strength  in  the  conviction  that 
the  mantle  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN  has  fallen  upon  shoulders 
not  unworthy  to  wear  it;  that  it  is  the  duty  of  all  good 
citizens,  irrespective  of  creeds  or  parties,  to  extend  all  aid 
and  encouragement,  charity  and  support,  to  ANDREW  JOHN- 
SON, who,  more  by  the  will  of  Heaven  than  his  own  choice, 
assumes  the  awful  and  trying  responsibilities  of  the  chief 
magistracy  of  these  United  States  at  this  critical  period  in 
our  history. 

We  reverently  invoke  the  blessing  of  God  upon  all  his 
endeavors  to  reestablish  and  preserve  this  blood-bought 
Union,  and  restore  permanent  peace  to  our  distracted  coun- 
try. "  As  his  day,  so  his  strength  be." 

That  to  the  officers  and  men  of  the  two  great  arms  of  the 
body  politic,  the  army  and  navy,  who  have  so  gallantly  and 
heroically  led  our  nation  through  the  wilderness  of  this 
fearful  strife,  and  floated  it  upon  the  heights  of  freedom  and 
inevitable  triumph,  we  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  and  honor 
which  defies  all  human  estimate. 

That  our  deep  and  sincere  condolence  is  tendered  to  the 
cruelly-bereaved  family  of  the  late  President ;  and  that,  with 
all  affection  and  sympathy,  we  commend  them  to  the 
"  Widow's  God  and  Father  of  the  Fatherless." 

That,  in  token  of  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  great  and 
good  man  whose  loss  we  deplore,  we  wear  the  usual  badge 
of  mourning  for  six  months. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


War  fe  t  n  jjmjn'is    %ni0«. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  delegates  of  the  WORKING- 
MEN'S  UNION,  held  in  the  Gotham,  on  Tuesday 
evening,  April  18,  the  following  preamble  and 
resolutions,  expressive  of  their  sympathy  in  the 
death  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  were 
unanimously  adopted: 


g,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  this  hour  of 
our  country's  affliction,  to  deprive  this  great  nation,  by  an 
unnatural  and  violent  death,  of  its  honored  chief  magistrate, 
ABRAHAM  LINCOLN*,  distinguished  alike  for  the  honesty  of  his 
intentions,  the  wisdom,  justice,  and  uprightness  of  his 
administration,  the  purity  of  his  affection,  his  generosity 
of  heart,  and  his  love  of  free  institutions  ;  therefore,  be  it 

S  CiioU'nl,  In  deference  to  the  inscrutable  decree  of  Divine 
Providence,  we  bow  in  humble  submission  to  the  holy  will 
of  Him  who  ordereth  all  things  good  ;  that  while,  in  obedi- 
ence to  His  commands,  we  leave  to  God  the  work  of  ven- 
geance for  the  crime  committed  against  His  laws,  we,  the 
workingraen  of  the  city  of  New  York,  represented  in  the 
Workingmen's  Union,  do  most  earnestly  express  our  indig- 
nation and  horror  at  the  atrocious  crime  in  the  assassination 
of  its  late  chief  magistrate,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

ilc.'j'oh'frt,  That  we  regard  it  a  duty,  as  citizens  of  one 
common  country,  to  unite  in  declaring  his  untimely  death  a 
great  misfortune  and  an  almost  irreparable  national  calam- 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


ity,  and  we  tender  to  his  bereaved  and  afflicted  family  the 
full  sympathy  of  our  natures;  that  we  will  support  with 
unwavering  resolution  those  principles  of  constitutional 
liberty  that  have  been  so  many  years  the  great  bulwark 
and  protection  of  our  individual  happiness  and  national 
greatness,  and  that  our  fervent  prayers  will  be  for  the  final 
restoration  of  the  Union  in  all  its  greatness  and  glory,  on  the 
basis  and  principles  on  which  it  was  founded. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  ENGINEERS'  ASSOCIATION  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  ield  on  Tuesday  evening, 
April  18,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  : 


sS,  The  members  of  the  Engineers'  Association  of 
the  city  of  New  York  have  learned  with  profound  grief 
that  the  revered  head  of  the  nation,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  has 
been  suddenly  stricken  down  by  the  hand  of  an  assassin  ; 
and  - 


a,$,  It  is  becoming  and  proper  that  this  Association 
should  give  appropriate  expression  to  the  sorrow  which  per- 
vades our  hearts  ;  therefore,  be  it 

^tgolVtil,  That  we  sympathize  with  our  fellow-citizens  in 
the  sad  event  that  has  taken  from  the  head  of  the  Govern- 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


ment  a  statesman  whose  spotless  purity  of  character,  exalted 
patriotism,  far-reaching  sagacity,  and  wise  counsel,  have  given 
him  rank  highest  among  the  rulers  of  the  earth,  and  in  the 
hearts  of  the  American  people  a  place  second  only  to  that 
filled  by  the  Father  of  his  Country. 


il,  That  the  singleness  of  heart  and  purpose,  the 
untiring  energy  and  devotion  with  which  he  gave  himself  to 
the  restoration,  the  strengthening,  and  the  perpetuation  of 
the  Federal  Union,  to  the  softening  of  animosities  enoren- 

~  O 

dered  by  years  of  civil  warfare  and  strife,  to  the  gradual 
drawing  together  again  in  fraternal  bonds  the  great  body  of 
the  people  so  long  estranged,  are  not  surpassed  by  the  acts 
of  any  of  those  great  historic  characters  whose  names  shine 
brightest  and  purest  in  the  annals  of  history. 

Va"..oU'fil,  That,  participating  in  the  general  sadness  that 
pervades  all  classes  of  the  community,  we  hereby  direct  that 
all  work  be  suspended  in  our  several  establishments  on 
Wednesday,  the  19th  instant,  and  that  the  members  of  this 
Association  wear  the  customary  badge  of  mourning  for 
thirty  days. 


The  members  of  the  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  met 
on  Tuesday  evening  at  the  Maison  Dor6e,  and, 
after  addresses  by  HUGH  MAXWELL,  ROBEHT  GOR- 
DON, and  others,  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted : 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


;Si,  The  honored  and  beloved  President  of  the 
United  States,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  has  fallen  by  the  hand 
of  an  assassin,  whereby  the  country  has  been  turned  into  a 
land  of  mourning. 

1£t{HAvt&,  That  we  desire  to  express  our  heartfelt  partici- 
pation in  the  universal  grief  and  horror  caused  by  this 
hideous  crime  and  appalling  calamity,  whereby  the  nation 
has  been  suddenly  bereft  of  a  chief  magistrate,  whose  integ- 
rity of  character,  eminent  personal  virtues,  and  patriotic 
public  services,  had  secured  him  an  exalted  place  in  the  con- 
fidence and  affection  of  his  countrymen. 

HU00tVfA,  That  we  respectfully  tender  to  the  bereaved 
family  of  the  deceased  the  expression  of  our  sincere  sympa- 
thy under  this  most  afflictive  dispensation  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence. 


$ommttt«f  af  the  ©hamtw  of 


The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  represent  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
at  the  funeral  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  and  proceeded  to  Washington  for  that  pur- 
pose :  Messrs.  GEO.  OPDTKE,  HENKY  A.  SMYTHE, 
ELLIOTT  C.  COWDEN,  R.  H.  McCuRDY,  A.  W.  BRAD- 
FORD, HENRY  W.  BLUNT,  WILLIAM  K.  STRONG,  F. 
A.  CONKLING,  WM.  M.  VERMILYE,  WILLIAM  BARTON, 
CHAS.  H.  MARSHALL,  FREDERICK  S.  WINSTON,  BEN- 
JAMIN R.  WINTHROP. 

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?  o  It  a  r  r  o     (!'-  .v  r  U  a  n  ti  r. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the 
NEW  YORK  TOBACCO  EXCHANGE,  held  at  their 
rooms,  Nos.  50  and  52  Pine-street,  on  Tuesday, 
the  18th  inst.,  it  was  unanimously 

tfytgolvtA,  That  we  do  express  the  heartfelt  sympathy  of 
this  body  at  the  great  calamity  which  has  befallen  the  nation 
in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  President  of  the  United 
States ;  and  it  was  further  resolved  to  close  the  Tobacco  Ex- 
change until  Monday,  the  24th  inst. 

The  Petroleum.  Tobacco  and  Drug  'Change,  held 
at  the  Merchants'  Exchange  and  News  Room, 
Nos.  50  and  52  Pine-street,  have  adjourned  over 
from  to-day  until  Friday,  the  21st  inst. 


Petting   of   $viti*h   $****« ttt*. 

Pursuant  to  the  call  issued  by  Hon.  Mr.  ARCHI- 
BALD, C.  B.,  British  Consul  at  this  port,  a  meeting 
of  British  residents  was  held  in  the  principal 
dining-room  of  the  Astor  House,  for  the  purpose 
of  uniting  in  a  public  expression  of  their  senti- 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


ments  on  the  assassination  of  the  President,  and 
also  of  their  feelings  of  sympathy  with  the  afflic- 
tion caused  by  the  national  bereavement.  About 
five  hundred  gentlemen  were  present.  The  room 
was  appropriately  decorated  with  black  rosettes 
and  hangings ;  a  tablet  with  the  arms  of  the  United 
States  being  placed  at  the  end  of  the  chamber. 

Among  the  distinguished  gentlemen  present 
were  Mr.  ARCHIBALD,  the  British  Consul;  Mr. 
CHARLES  KEAN,  the  eminent  English  tragedian;  Mr 
JACOB  BARROW,  Mr.  MOIR,  Mr.  YOUNG,  editor  of 
iheAlbion  '  CHAS.  MACKAY,  the  poet ;  HERCULES 
E.  GILLILAN,  JOHN  G.  DALE,  ROBERT  BAGE,  HENRY 
EYRE,  President  of  St.  George's  Society;  Mr. 
ROBERT  GORDON,  President  of  the  St.  Andrew's 
Society ;  JOHN  E.  BODY,  ADAM  NORRIE,  Mr. 
PIERREPONT  EDWARDS,  the  Vice-Consul ;  Mr.  D. 
B.  ROUTH,  Mr.  RYDER,  Mr.  ASHMORE,  Mr.  BUSK, 
Mr.  SELLAR,  Mr.  McARTiiuu,  Capt.  ANDERSON,  of 
the  China  /  Mr.  CHARLES  TAYLOR,  Mr.  CALLENDER, 
Mr.  EDMISTON,  Mr.  DINCKER,  Mr.  ARCHIBALD  BAX- 
TER, Mr.  ROBERTON,  Mr.  CHAS.  FRANKLIN,  Mr.  GEO. 
BARCLAY,  Dr.  BEALLS,  and  Capt.  PARKER  SNOW. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  ROBERT  GORDON,  President 
of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society,  Hon.  Mr.  ARCHIBALD 
was  chosen  to  preside,  and  Mr.  ARTHUR  KENDALL 
acted  as  Secretary. 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Mr.  ARCHIBALD  expressed  his  earnest  sympathy 
with  the  nation  in  its  hour  of  deep  affliction. 
He  believed  every  civilized  nation  would  be 
stricken  with  sorrow  at  the  sad  event. 

The  following  resolution  was  then  presented  by 
Mr.  RICHARD  IRVING  : 


rt,  A  sudden  and  awful  calamity  has  fallen  upon 
this  nation  in  the  death,  by  the  hand  of  an  assassin,  of  its 
honored  and  highly-esteemed  chief  magistrate,  President 
LINCOLN  ; 

'ilC'ioh  ril.  That  we  participate  iu  the  universal  feeling  of 
grief  and  anguish  caused  by  the  atrocious  nnd  appalling 
crime  which  has  deprived  the  nation  of  its  revered  chief 
magistrate,at  a  most  important  and  critical  juncture  of  pub- 
lic affairs  ;  and  we  desire,  at  the  same  time,  to  record  the 
expression  of  our  profound  respect  for  the  eminent  private 
virtues  and  public  character  of  the  late  President,  as  well  as 
for  the  integrity  of  purpose  and  uprightness  of  intention 
with  which  he  devoted  himself  to  the  promotion  of  the  pros- 
perity and  welfare  of  the  whole  country,  in  whose  service 
he  has  fallen  an  honored  and  ever-memorable  victim. 

Dr.  BEALLS,  Ex-President  of  the  St.  George's 
Society,  seconded  the  resolution,  which  was  then 
adopted. 

The  following  was  offered  by  Mr.  WM.  YOUNG, 
editor  of  the  Albion  : 

VifjiiUfil.  That  we  respectfully  tender  to  the  bereaved 
widow  and  family  of  the  late  chief  magistrate,  the  assurance 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


of  our  heartfelt  sympathy  and  condolence  under  this  most 
afflictive  dispensation  of  Divine  Providence. 

The   resolution  was  seconded   by   Mr.  HENBY 
EYRE,  President  of  the  St.  George's  Society,  and 

Mr.  GILLILAN  presented  the  following,  which  was 
seconded  by  Mr.  J.  G.  DALE  : 


rt.  That  these  resolutions  be  signed  by  the  Chair- 
man and  Secretary,  on  behalf  of  the  meeting,  and  be  for- 
warded to  Her  Majesty's  Minister  at  Washington,  with  a 
request  that  he  will  communicate  them  in  such  a  manner  as 
he  may  think  proper  to  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  and  to  the  family  of  the  deceased  President. 

The  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted. 


S&Jte    Pti«0p0Ht»«    folic*. 

President  ACTON  has  ordered  that  every  person, 
of  whatever  degree,  in  the  employ  of  the  Board 
of  Metropolitan  Police  Commissioners,  shall  wear 
crape  on  the  arm  for  thirty  days,  and  that  every 
police  station  in  the  department  shall  be  properly 
draped  for  a  like  period.  Police  headquarters  have 
been  ornately  trimmed  within  and  without.  There 
were  no  police  trials  during  the  week. 

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LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Worthy  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  AMERICAN  PROTESTANT  ASSOCIATION,  resolu- 
tions, appropriate  to  this  mournful  occasion,  were 
offered  by  Past  Right  Worthy  Grand  Master 
NATHAN  NESBIT,  and  unanimously  adopted. 


iH  r  c  t  i  u  n   at   California   o'  i  t  i  r:  r  n  s  . 

The  citizens  of  the  Pacific  States  and  Territories 
met  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

Honorable  JOHN  WHITE,  of  California,  called  the 
large  assemblage  to  order,  and,  on  motion,  Honora- 
ble GEORGE  BARSTOW  was  called  to  the  chair,  and 
E.  B.  DORSEY,  J.  N.  DAWLEY,  and  JOHN  WHITE 
were  chosen  Secretaries. 

On  motion,  a  committee  of  twenty-six  citizens  of 
the  Pacific  States  and  Territories  were  appointed 
to  repair  to  the  city  of  Washington  and  attend  the 
funeral  obsequies  of  the  late  President. 

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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 


il.  That  in  the  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  the 
great  and  good  chief  magistrate  of  the  republic,  whose  pro- 
found wisdom  and  enlightened  statesmanship,  sustained  by 
an  unwavering  trust  in  the  God  of  battles,  has  carried  us 
through  the  great  struggle  for  national  life  to  a  glorious 
triumph,  we  have  lost  a  ruler  of  the  noblest  impulses,  and  a 
man  who  will  be  recognized  in  history  as  the  representative 
of  all  that  is  best  and  brightest  in  our  national  -character. 

11  iVi  Divert,  That  we  will  sustain  ANDREW  JOHNSON  with 
deeper  and  firmer  purpose,  and  strengthen  and  uphold  him 
to  the  extent  of  our  ability,  in  any  policy  directed  to  the 
extirpation  of  this  wicked  rebellion,  with  slavery  and  its 
barbarism,  which  we  recognize  as  the  foul  cause  of  our 
calamity. 


®ht  $0a*4  of  galttt  gusttltt. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  BOARD  OF  POLICE 
MAGISTRATES  was  held  at  the  Halls  of  Justice,  the 
following  members  being  present:  Justices  CON- 
NOLLY, BOWLING,  DODGE,  HOGAN,  LEDWITH,  MANS- 
FIELD, and  SH  AND  LEY.  The  Honorable  MICHAEL 
CONNOLLY,  on  taking  the  chair,  stated  the  object 
of  the  meeting  to  be  to  express  the  sentiments 
of  the  Board  in  relation  to  the  great  calamity 


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which  had  befallen  our  nation  in  the  death  of  our 
late  President,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  by  the  hand 
of  an  assassin. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Justices  HOGAN,  LED- 
WITII,  and  SIIANDLEY,  was  appointed  to  draft  suita- 
ble resolutions  expressive  of  the  feelings  of  the 
Board,  who  subsequently  reported  the  following, 
which  were,  on  motion  of  Justice  MANSFIELD,  unani- 
mously adopted : 

QtaolvtA,  That  this  Board  is  penetrated  with  feelings  of 
the  most  profound  regret  and  sorrow  at  the  sudden  and 
untimely  death  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  late  President  of  the 
United  States,  by  the  hand  of  a  most  cowardly  and  blood- 
thirsty assassin  ;  and  that  we  mourn  our  loss,  more  especially 
at  this  crisis  of  our  country's  history,  when  victory  had 
opened  the  way  to  peace,  and  when  our  lamented  chief 
magistrate,  by  his  patriotic  impulses  and  his  honesty  of  pur- 
pose, as  well  as  by  the  exercise  of  clemency  and  magnanim- 
ity toward  the  vanquished,  had  given  us  assurance  that  fra- 
ternal relations  between  the  different  sections  would  soon  be 
reestablished,  and  the  Union  maintained  in  all  its  pristine 
vigor  and  beauty. 

V»c.i'olinl.  That  the  cowardly  attack  upon  the  late  Presi- 
dent and  upon  the  Honorable  WILLIAM  II.  SEWARD,  our  Sec- 
retary of  State,  has  not  impaired  our  abiding  faith  in  the 
glorious  destiny  of  our  country ;  that  we  do  not  despair  of 
the  republic,  but  trust  that  Providence  will  raise  up  men 
able  and  willing  to  bring  order  out  of  confusion,  and  that 
these  United  States  will  hereafter  have  one  constitution,  one 
Union,  and  one  destiny. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


1§,t&lAvt&t  That  out  of  respect  for  our  lamented  chief 
magistrate,  the  court-room  and  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions  be  suitably  draped  in  mourning  for 
the  space  of  thirty  days. 

ViC'.'OU'i'rt.  That  this  Board  attend  the  funeral  and  such 
other  obsequies  as  may  take  place  in  connection  with  the 
interment  of  our  late  President ;  and  that  a  committee  of 
three  be  appointed  from  this  Board  to  make  all  necessary 
arrangements  for  the  carrying  out  of  this  resolution,  and 
they  cooperate  with  the  public  authorities  for  such  purpose. 

The  Justices  appointed  to  said  committee  were 
the  Honorable  Judges  KELLY,  DODGE,  and  MANS- 
FIELD. 


ui  )>  c  u    V.  o  a  v  il    of    §  V  o  fe  e  r  s . 

A  meeting  of  the  OPEN  BOARD  OF  STOCK  BROKERS 
was  held  on  Monday,  Mr.  S.  B.  HARD,  President  of 
the  Board,  in  the  chair.  A  number  of  resolutions 
bearing  on  the  death  of  the  President,  and  express- 
ive of  sincere  regret  for  the  national  bereavement, 
as  well  as  a  hope  for  its  future  welfare,  were  unani- 
mously adopted  and  entered  on  the  minutes. 


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i!'  u  I  «  m  li  i  ;i    <£ollt$t. 

A  meeting  of  the  students  in  the  School  of 
Mines,  attached  to  this  college,  was  held  on  Mon- 
day morning,  C.  K.  GRAICE  in  the  chair.  A  series 
of  resolutions,  expressive  of  heartfelt  sorrow  for  the 
nation's  loss,  and  high  appreciation  of  the  late 
President's  consummate  ability  and  strong  princi- 
ples, were  unanimously  adopted  by  the  meeting. 


In  accordance  with  the  resolutions  passed  at  a 
former  meeting  of  the  UNION  LEAGUE  CLUB,  the 
following  committee  of  gentlemen  was  appointed 
to  attend  the  funeral  of  the  late  President : 

JONATHAN  STUKGES,  JOHN  JAY, 

W.  J.  HOPPIN,  THEODORE  ROOSEVELT, 

GEORGE  C.  WARD,  FRANK  E.  HOWE, 

JAMES  W.  BEEKMAN,  C.  E.  DITWOLD, 

LEGRAND  B.  CANNON,  JOHN  A.  WEEKS, 

SAMUEL  WETMORE,  C.  BUTLER,  and 
PARKER  KENNEDY. 

LSI] 

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At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  above-named  asso- 
ciation, held  at  their  meeting  room,  Mr.  M.  J. 
KELLY  in  the  chair,  and  Mr.  A.  J.  MC!NERNY, 
Secretary,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  : 


.S,  An  unexpected  and  sad  calamity  has  befallen 
our  nation  in  the  assassination  of  our  beloved  late  chief 
magistrate,  whose  untimely  end  has  draped  our  land  in 
mourning  and  pierced  our  hearts  with  feelings  inexpressible  ; 
therefore,  be  it 


,  That  we,  the  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Literary  Association  of  the  city  of  New  York,  as  an  humble 
mark  of  our  sympathy  and  respect,  do  adjourn  this  meeting 
without  further  business,  and  that  we  will  wear  the  usual 
badge  of  mourning  for  the  space  of  thirty  days. 


®he  J!  a  t  b  *  t  P  a  1 1  fc  e  w  gatittq, 

The  FATHER  MATTHEW  TOTAL  ABSTINENCE 
BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY,  No.  4,  held  a  meeting  at 
their  hall,  333  East  Twelfth  street,  when  it  was 
unanimously  resolved  that  a  committee  from  this 


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LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Society  confer  with  the  city  authorities,  and  dis- 
cover the  course  to  be  pursued  regarding  the 
funeral  procession  of  our  late  and  lamented  Presi- 
dent. It  was  also  unanimously  resolved  that 
the  Society  would  participate  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed by  the  Common  Council. 


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PRELIMINARY  TO  THE 


I,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLK,  President  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  and  Commander-in-chief  of  the 
Army  and  Navy  thereof,  do  hereby  proclaim  and 
declare  that  hereafter,  as  heretofore,  the  war  will 
be  prosecuted  for  the  object  of  practically  restor- 
ing the  constitutional  relation  between  the  United 
States  and  each  of  the  States,  and  the  people 
thereof,  in  which  States  that  relation  is  or  may  be 
suspended  or  disturbed. 


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That  it  is  my  purpose,  upon  the  next  meeting 
of  Congress,  to  again  recommend  the  adoption  of 
a  practical  measure  tendering  pecuniary  aid  to  the 
free  acceptance  or  rejection  of  all  slave  States,  so 
called,  the  people  whereof  may  not  then  be  in  re- 
bellion against  the  United  States,  and  which 
States  may  then  have  voluntarily  adopted,  or 
thereafter  may  voluntarily  adopt,  immediate  or 
gradual  abolishment  of  slavery  within  their  re- 
spective limits  ;  and  that  the  effort  to  colonize  per- 
sons of  African  descent,  with  their  consent,  upon 
this  continent  or  elsewhere,  with  the  previously 
obtained  consent  of  the  government  existing  there, 
be  continued. 


That  on  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 
three,  all  persons  held  as  slaves  within  any  State, 
or  designated  part  of  a  State,  the  people  whereof 
shall  then  be  in  rebellion  against  the  United 
States,  shall  be  then,  thenceforward,  and  forever 
free  ;  and  the  executive  government  of  the  United 
States,  including  the  military  and  naval  authority 
thereof,  will  recognize  and  maintain  the  freedom 
of  such  persons,  and  will  do  no  act  or  acts  to  re- 
press such  persons,  or  any  of  them,  in  any  efforts 
that  they  may  make  for  their  actual  freedom. 

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That  the  Executive  will,  on  the  first  day  of 
January  aforesaid,  by  proclamation,  designate  the 
States  and  parts  of  the  States,  if  any,  in  which  the 
people  thereof  respectively  shall  then  be  in  rebel- 
lion against  the  United  States ;  and  the  fact  that 
any  State  or  the  people  thereof  shall  on  that  day 
be  in  good  faith  represented  in  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States,  by  members  chosen  thereto  at 
elections  wherein  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters 
of  such  State  shall  have  participated,  shall,  in  the 
absence  of  strong  countervailing  testimony,  be 
deemed  conclusive  evidence  that  such  State  and 
the  people  thereof  are  not  then  in  rebellion  against 
the  United  States. 

That  attention  is  hereby  called  to  an  act  of 
Congress  entitled  :  "  An  Act  to  make  an  additional 
Article  of  War,"  approved  March  13,  1862,  and 
which  Act  is  in  the  words  and  figures  following : 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  United  /States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled, 

That  hereafter  the  following  shall  be  promulgated  as  an 
additional  article  of  war  for  the  government  of  the  army  of 
the  United  States,  and  shall  be  obeyed  and  observed  as  such : 

ARTICLE  — .  All  officers  or  persons  in  the  military  or 
naval  service  of  the  United  States  are  prohibited  from  em- 
ploying any  of  the  forces  under  their  respective  commands 
for  the  purpose  of  returning  fugitives  from  service  or  labor 


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who  may  have  escaped  from  any  persons  to  whom  such  ser- 
vice or  labor  is  claimed  to  be  due ;  and  any  officer  who  shall 
be  found  guilty  by  a  court-martial  of  violating  this  article 
shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

SEC.  2.  And  be  It  further  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  take 
effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Also,  to  the  ninth  and  tenth  sections  of  an  act 
entitled  :  "  An  Act  to  suppress  insurrections,  to 
punish  treason  and  rebellion,  to  seize  and  confis- 
cate property  of  rebels,  and  for  other  purposes," 
approved  July  1G,  1862,  and  which  sections  are 
in  the  words  and  figures  following : 

o  o 

SEC.  9.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  slaves  of  per- 
sons who  shall  hereafter  be  engaged  in  rebellion  against  the 
government  of  the  United  States,  or  who  shall  in  any  way 
give  aid  or  comfort  thereto,  escaping  from  such  persons  and 
taking  refuge  within  the  lines  of  the  army ;  and  all  slaves 
captured  from  such  persons,  or  deserted  by  them  and  com- 
ing under  the  control  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States ;  and  all  slaves  of  such  persons  found  on  or  being 
within  any  place  occupied  by  rebel  forces  and  afterward 
occupied  by  forces  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  deemed 
captives  of  war,  and  shall  be  forever  free  of  their  servitude 
and  not  again  held  as  slaves. 

SEC.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  slave  escap- 
ing into  any  State,  territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
from  any  other  State,  shall  be  delivered  up,  or  in  any  way 
impeded  or  hindered  of  his  liberty,  except  for  crime  or  some 
offense  against  the  laws,  unless  the  person  claiming  said 

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fugitive  shall  first  make  oath  that  the  person  to  whom  the 
labor  or  service  of  such  fugitive  is  alleged  to  be  due  is  his 
.lawful  owner  and  has  not  borne  arms  against  the  United 
States  in  the  present  rebellion,  nor  in  apy  way  given  aid  and 
comfort  thereto;  and  no  person  engaged  in  the  military  or 
naval  service  of  the  United  States  shall,  under  any  pretense 
whatever,  assume  to  decide  on  the  validity  of  the  claim  of 
any  person  to  the  service  or  labor  of  any  other  person,  or 
surrender  up  any  such  person  to  the  claimant,  on  pain  of 
being,  dismissed,  from  the  service. 

And  I  do  hereby  enjoin  upon  and  order  all 
persons  engaged  in  the  military  and  naval  service 
of  the  United  States  to  observe,  obey,  and  enforce, 
within  their  respective  spheres  of  service,  the  act 
and  sections  abo\re  recited. 

And  the  Executive  will,  in  due  time,  recommend 
that  all  citizens  of  the  United  States  who  shall 
have  remained  loyal  thereto  throughout  the  rebel- 
lion, shall  (upon  the  restoration  of  the  constitu- 
tional relation  between  the  United  States  and  their 
respective  States  and  people,  if  that  relation  shall 
have  been  suspended  or  disturbed)  be  compen- 
sated for  all  losses  by  acts  of  the  United  States, 
including  the  loss  of  slaves. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United  States  to 

be  affixed. 

[82] 


LINCOLN      OBSEQUIES. 


Done  at  the  city  of  Washington  this  twenty- 
second  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-two,  and  of  the  independence  of  the 
United  States  the  eighty-seventh. 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 


By  the  President, 
WM.  H.  SEWAKD, 

Secretary  of  State.. 


Wit  dnwwdjratttw 


i,  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  Sep- 
tember, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  a  proclamation  was  issued 
by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  containing, 
among  other  things,  the  following,  to  Avit  : 

That  on  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 
three,  all  persons  held  as  slaves  within  any  State, 
or  designated  part  of  a  State,  the  people  whereof 

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shall  then  l>e  in  rebellion  against  the  United 
States,  shall  be  then,  thenceforward,  and  forever 
free;  and  the  executive  government  of  the  United 
States,  including  the  military  and  naval  authority 
thereof,  will  recognize  and  maintain  the  freedom 
of  such  persons,  and  will  do  no  act  or  acts  to  re- 
press such  persons,  or  any  of  them,  in  any  efforts 
they  may  make  for  their  actual  freedom. 

That  the  Executive  will,  on  the  first  day  of 
January  aforesaid,  by  proclamation,  designate  the 
States  and  parts  of  States,  if  any,  in  which  the 
people  thereof  respectively  shall  then  be  in  rebel- 
lion against  the  United  States ;  and  the  fact  that 
any  State  or  the  people  thereof  shall  on  that  day 
be  in  good  faith  represented  in  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States,  by  members  chosen  thereto  at 
elections  wherein  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters 
of  such  State  shall  have  participated,  shall,  in  the 
absence  of  strong  countervailing  testimony,  be 
deemed  conclusive  evidence  that  such  State  and 
the  people  thereof  are  not  then  in  rebellion  against 
the  United  States : 

Now,  therefore,  I,  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  President 
of  the  United  States,  by  virtue  of  the  power  in 
me  vested  as  Commander-in-chief  of  the- Army  and 
Navy  of  the  United  States,  in  time  of  actual  armed 
rebellion  against  the  authority  and  government  of 

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the  United  States,  and  as  a  fit  and  necessary  war 
measure  for  suppressing  said  rebellion,  do,  on  tin's 
first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-three,  and  in 
accordance  with  my  purpose  so  to  do,  publicly 
proclaimed  for  the  full  period  of  one  hundred  days, 
from  the  day  first  above  mentioned,  order  and  des- 
ignate, as  the  States  and  parts  of  States  wherein 
the  people  thereof  respectively  are  this  day  in 
rebellion  against  the  United  States,  the  follow- 
ing, to  wit : 

Arkansas,  Texas,  Louisiana  (except  the  parishes 
of  St.  Bernard,  Plaquemines,  Jefferson,  St.  John, 
St.  Charles,  St.  James,  Ascension,  Assumption, 
Terre  Bonne,  Lafourche,  Ste.  Marie,  St.  Martin, 
and  Orleans,  including  the  city  of  New  Orleans), 
Mississippi,  Alabama,  Florida,  Georgia,  South 
Carolina,  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia  (except 
the  forty-eight  counties  designated  as  West  Virgi- 
nia, and  also  the  counties  of  Berkeley,  Accomac, 
Northampton,  Elizabeth  City,  York,  Princess 
Anne,  and  Norfolk,  including  the  cities  of  Norfolk 
and  Portsmouth),  and  which  excepted  parts  are 
for  the  present  left  precisely  as  if  this  proclama- 
tion were  not  issued. 

And  by  virtue  of  the  power  and  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid  I  do  order  and  declare  that  all  persons 

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held  as  slaves  within  said  designated  States  and 
parts  of  States  are  and  henceforward  shall  be  free ; 
and  that  the  executive  government  of  the  United 
States,  including  the  military  and  naval  authori- 
ties thereof,  will  recognize  and  maintain  the  free- 
dom of  such  persons. 

And  I  hereby  enjoin  upon  the  people  so  declared 
to  be  free  to  abstain  from  all  violence,  unless  in 
necessary  self-defense ;  and  I  recommend  to  them 
that,  in  all  cases  when  allowed,  they  labor  faith- 
fully for  reasonable  wages. 

And  I  further  declare  and  make  known  that 
such  persons,  of  suitable  condition,  will  be  received 
into  the  armed  service  of  the  United  States  to 
garrison  forts,  positions,  stations,  and  other  places, 
and  to  man  vessels  of  all  sorts  in  said  service. 

And  upon  this  act,  sincerely  believed  to  be  an 
act  of  justice  warranted  by  the  Constitution  upon 
military  necessity,  I  invoke  the  considerate  judg- 
ment of  mankind  and  the  gracious  -favor  of  Al- 
mighty God. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  name 
and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United  States  to 'be 
affixed. 


LINCOLN     OBSEQUIES. 


Done  at  the  city  of  Washington  this  first  day 
of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-three, 
and  of  the  Independence  of  the  United 
States  the  eighty-seventh. 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 


By  the  President, 
"Wii.  II.  SEWAKD, 

Secretary  of  State. 


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